Gratified

Examples

• He now smiled: and not a bitter or a sad smile, but one well pleased and deeply gratified. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• If you will put it in the fire with your own hand, just as it is, my fancy will be gratified. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The inclination I had felt for the sea was by this time done away, or I might now have gratified it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• A man may, from various motives, decline to give his company, but perhaps not even a sage would be gratified that nobody missed him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I am happy--I am gratified--I am delighted--I am bored. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Blowed if the gen'lm'n worn't a-gettin' up on the wrong side,' whispered a grinning post-boy to the inexpressibly gratified waiter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I was born with the tastes of a lady, and he gratified them--in other words, he admired me, and he made me presents. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• You are extremely kind, replied Miss Bates, highly gratified; you who are such a judge, and write so beautifully yourself. Jane Austen. Emma.
• But I felt gratified when she said: Oh, it is just right! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Emma was extremely gratified. Jane Austen. Emma.
• It was impossible to say how much he should be gratified by being employed on such an errand. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Elizabeth said nothing, but it gratified her exceedingly; the compliment must be all for herself. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Amy was gratified, but of course didn't show it, and demurely answered, Foreign life polishes one in spite of one's self. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• My aunt was as happy as I was, in the arrangement made for me; and we went down to the drawing-room again, well pleased and gratified. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Judge, then, how much I must have been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• And when he sat on Mrs Meagles's right hand, Mr Meagles looked as gratified as if his whole family were there. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Jane was as much gratified by this as her mother could be, though in a quieter way. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• But their officious inquisitiveness was not gratified. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Much gratified, Jo rushed back to tell the good news, and Amy looked both touched and surprised by the report of May's word and manner. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Another friendly demonstration towards him Mr Wegg now regularly gratified. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My whim is gratified; and now I think Mr. Eshton will do well to put the hag in the stocks to-morrow morning, as he threatened. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She was gratified: there it stood, a little carton, on the table when we entered the dining-room. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Then she went to the livery-man from whom she jobbed her carriages and gratified him with a similar sum. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And Mr. Bhaer cleared his throat with a gratified Hem! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• My senses were gratified and refreshed by a thousand scents of delight, and a thousand sights of beauty. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I had asked him the question inhospitably enough, for I resented the sort of bright and gratified recognition that still shone in his face. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Of course these objections wrought my eagerness to a climax: gratified it must be, and that without delay; and I told him so. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Well, well,' said the beadle, evidently gratified with the compliment; 'perhaps I may be. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The Count himself could hardly have appeared more gratified if he had been present in the room and had heard the confirmation of his own opinion. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• PICKWICK felt much gratified by the fair, candid, and full explanation of his honourable friend. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

Edited by Alexander