Sentence examples for was gratified when from inspiring English sources

Mr. Orfei, president of the Pelham teachers' union, said he was gratified when Pelham's PTA leaders recently wrote a letter to a local newspaper commending the teachers for their sacrifice.

Once, at a gig, I was gratified when a gay young man behind me began running his hands through my mane with a look of rapture on his face.

Mr. Jurik was gratified when, at the Jan . 13hearing, no one spoke against his proposal; in a Town Board first, Supervisor Frank Petrone actually clucked a couple of times to signify the close of the session.

Everything required a bribe, he explained: getting into university, seeing the doctor, getting a job.He was gratified when I assured him that life in Russia was much the same, and even more so when I told tales of police extortion in Armenia.

France, always happy for new evidence that it is, in every way, the most desirable of countries to be born in, was gratified when (in October 1995) Mrs Calment passed the lifespan of a Japanese who had previously held this most competitive of records.

A tobacco-company executive who has just brought his family back to his home in Washington after a three-year sojurn in Turkey, was gratified when his six-year-old son pointed to the White House and said, "That's where the President lives".

He's gratified when I reveal how moving I find the album, and how relatable.

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

She is gratified when she sees a client who once was unsteady on her feet gradually growing steadier and more confident.

Church leaders in Britain were gratified when the 2001 census, the first to ask about religion, found that 70% of the population identified themselves as Christian.

Donn Nelson is gratified when he looks at the Dallas roster and realizes he had much to do with putting it together.