Gratifying

Examples

• Sir James interpreted the heightened color in the way most gratifying to himself, and thought he never saw Miss Brooke looking so handsome. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It was gratifying to have inspired unconsciously so strong an affection. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• To a man of my sentiments it is unspeakably gratifying to be able to say this. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It is a significant and gratifying fact that Confederates should have joined heartily in this spontaneous move. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Are you consulting your own feelings in the present case, or do you imagine that you are gratifying mine? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• She then changed the discourse to one more gratifying to each, and on which there could be no difference of sentiment. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I say I did not resent it, nor did I; but I showed her, by not gratifying her, that I understood her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Permit me to express the--hum--sense, the high sense, I entertain of this--ha hum--highly gratifying act of attention. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It's very gratifying and agreeable to me, I am sure; but don't you think you could do better? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Miss Crawford knew Mrs. Norris too well to think of gratifying _her_ by commendation of Fanny; to her, it was as the occasion offered--Ah! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• From her husband on her birthday”--and very gratifying to the feelings such memorials are--to correspond exactly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It's very gratifying, isn't it? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was a period of his life corresponding to the Wanderjahre of the German artisan, and was an easy way of gratifying a taste for travel without the risk of privation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Well, gentlemen,' said Mr. Pell, 'all I can say is, that such marks of confidence must be very gratifying to a professional man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Such distinguished people to know, remarked Sarah, straightening herself in the chair; and on such gratifying terms of equality too! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• To Napoleon the meeting must have been extremely gratifying. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• That's a very gratifying reflection, Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick approvingly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And although my sister instantly boxed my ears, it was highly gratifying to me to see that the answer spoilt his joke, and brought him to a dead stop. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• After so much time spent in painful labour, to arrive at once at the summit of my desires, was the most gratifying consummation of my toils. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I can vouch for its efficacy in his case, as it removed the unnatural color in a few days, and he told me that others had tried it with equally gratifying results. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Mrs. Weston's partiality for him is very great, and, as you may suppose, most gratifying to me. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I was exceedingly pleased to hear that Mrs. Ferrars considered it in that lighta very gratifying circumstance you know to us all. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Thank you, replied Maurice dryly; your opinion of my character is most gratifying. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I reported that gratifying fact to Mr. Fairlie. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But he said, I never thought of such a thing: my sole object was to serve the cause of humanity; and if I have succeeded, I am amply rewarded in the gratifying reflection of having done so. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It IS gratifying, said Mrs. Jellyby. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We murmured that it was very astonishing and very gratifying, or something to that effect. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• As Ada said nothing, but looked at me, I said it must be very gratifying. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mrs. Jennings directly gave her the gratifying assurance that she certainly would NOT, and Miss Steele was made completely happy. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• It is gratifying to me to reflect that I did my duty. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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