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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• You can’t get caught up in that instant gratification thing.
  — Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com, 7 July 2018
• For those who seek the instant gratification of a complete necklace, some brands are selling them whole.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2023
• The pace of life has moved on, everyone needs instant gratification, there's so much tracks and channels.
  — Matt Majendie, CNN, 11 June 2019
• That stinks in our instant-gratification world, so the moments the Rangers provided Wednesday are the ones to enjoy in a tough season.
  — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 23 May 2018
• First, start a savings account to fight the urge for instant gratification.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2021
• But more to the point, no matter how strong your western need for short-term gratification, karma doesn’t pay back in days, or even weeks, months, or years—not within the span of the same life, anyway.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 2 Oct. 2020
• Kids will love the instant gratification of this film camera.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 21 Nov. 2023
• Credit Poles for keeping his options open, not making the trade that would have brought instant gratification.
  — Phil Rogers, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
• Even so, viewers can find gratification in their brief ascent to power.
  — Rafaela Bassili, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024