Sentence examples for they were gratifying from inspiring English sources

They were gratifying, inviting, intellectual, clean: everything that the rest of the world all too often was not.

To an extent, they were gratified.

Representatives of the gun industry said yesterday they were gratified to have won the case.

Several said they were gratified to see the federal government leading the way.

Everywhere they went, they were gratified when they encountered kindness, and learned to value it even more.

City lawyers said they were gratified by the ruling, but Andrew Moesel, a spokesman for the plaintiffs, said the groups would appeal.

Some Muslim leaders who met Ms. Hughes said they were gratified to be consulted and impressed with her willingness to listen.

Instead, they released a brief statement saying that they were "gratified that this matter has been brought to an amicable resolution".

Originally the designers had wanted to make bracelets, so they were gratified when the women at the opening were holding the coasters up to their shoulders as if they were brooches.

Mr. Ellis said they were gratified by that recognition, but Mr. Parker also wondered why today's musicians would rather use those old samples when their flesh-and-blood creators are still available.

Israeli officials said they were gratified by the president's explicit reference to military force as an option, his rejection of a containment policy and his reaffirmation of Israel's right to make decisions on its national security.