How to Use gratification in a Sentence

gratification

noun

• And then there’s the joy and gratification of matching an actor’s truth with the truth in the role.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 23 June 2023
• Or, for a fun delayed gratification game, play a game of Tic Tac Toe through the mail.
  — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 10 Apr. 2020
• But it’s not a stretch to say these NFC teams could go 0 for 8 in terms of instant gratification.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2021
• The year is 2017 and instant gratification is the game.
  — Amanda Arnold, GQ, 7 Sep. 2017
• The gratification from it and to see people’s faces light up.
  — Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2023
• And then return to the fray with a bowl of instant gratification.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2020
• Even with that, some people still need some sort of gratification in the initial phase.
  — Mahmoud Akrin, Forbes, 18 June 2021
• Then if one of them is able to delay gratification, and the other one isn’t, does that matter?
  — Julia Belluz, Vox, 26 Dec. 2018
• Don't feed into the instant gratification that is right in front of you.
  — Nate Burleson, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2023
• The idea of buying new holds no gratification for them.
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 14 Oct. 2019
• The goal: combine the convenience of online shopping with the instant gratification of a quick trip to the store.
  — Angus Whitley, Bloomberg.com, 1 June 2017
• The robot’s body is fetishized and customized for pure gratification of the man.
  — Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2017
• This is the first time that there's been instant gratification.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• The rigors and jitters of two evenings under the lights were gratification enough.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2020
• The smile on his face screamed relief and gratification.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 23 Jan. 2018
• The best thing about UCF's self-gratification is the hope that debate on the subject becomes part of an ongoing push to open this closed shop.
  — Kevin Scarbinsky, AL.com, 3 Jan. 2018
• But the immediate gratification is not worth the long-term wear and tear.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2023
• Mark Loccisano felt a gratification from painkillers with his very first pill.
  — CBS News, 8 June 2018
• Nor did Calvin preach that you were supposed to work in a calling to store up wealth for personal gratification.
  — Win McCormack, The New Republic, 30 Dec. 2020
• But in this era of instant gratification, who wants to wait until 2021?
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2018
• The true friendship that happens with eye contact and time and space and not instant gratification.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
• For a custom piece of clothing, the instant gratification that Amazon is known for was still there.
  — Katie Dupere, Men's Health, 19 Jan. 2022
• This is the museums’ purpose: to present the mind of an artist at work, in a world of transience and instant gratification, where, for Bergé, few true artists can survive.
  — James McAuley, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2017
• But Yam Yam wants the gratification of voting out Josh and decides working with him is his last option.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2023
• The core habit of bourgeois life — deferred gratification — has lost its grip on the American soul.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 20 Feb. 2018
• Taking home the top spot could be instant gratification from the coaching move.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2020
• So what are the upsides, beyond the zing of instant gratification?
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• But every tiny step in the tomato pie journey yields some sort of gratification.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 June 2020
• Start your search with these bestsellers for women and men, which are great for instant gratification or being tucked under a certain tree.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
• Speed Things Up The rest of the world may be preoccupied with efficiency and instant gratification, but there are certain things that those of us in this region will never rush—from cooking our greens low and slow to saying our goodbyes.
  — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Jan 2025