Satisfied
['sætɪsfaɪd] or ['sætɪs'faɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Satisfy
Inputed by Errol
Examples
- Well, well, I am satisfied. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I am satisfied that Mr. and Mrs. Micawber could not have enjoyed the feast more, if they had sold a bed to provide it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Bucket, satisfied, expresses high approval and awaits her coming at the door. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Meyler, being satisfied that it would make me miserable, set off for Badminton early the next morning. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- At any rate, we have enough to eat and drink--' 'And be satisfied,' added Birkin. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You do not appear so well satisfied with his letter as I am; but still you must, at least I hope you must, think the better of him for it. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Fanny, not able to refrain entirely from observing them, had seen enough to be tolerably satisfied. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But, as I know your loving and dutiful nature from--hum--from experience, I am quite satisfied that it is necessary to say no more. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He knew better than to be satisfied with loose thinking and fairly good intentions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I have had all I came for, and I am satisfied. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In short, they must e'en be satisfied, whether they have or not; for they will get nothing better out of him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And he was not satisfied. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Birkin stood and listened and was satisfied. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was good logic, good, earthly, feminine logic, and if it satisfied her I certainly could pick no flaws in it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I felt satisfied of another thing, from what he said, which it puzzled me to understand. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Her countenance, which for years had not expressed a feeling unallied to affection, became again radiant and satisfied. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Before she had gone a quarter of a mile both passengers and observers on the shore were satisfied that the steamboat was a thoroughly practicable vessel. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Are you satisfied then that the quality which makes such men and such states is justice, or do you hope to discover some other? Plato. The Republic.
- And you felt self-satisfied with the result of your ardent labours? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Tell me what it is, explain the grounds on which you acted, and I shall be satisfied, in being able to satisfy you. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- But Edison is never satisfied with what he has done in any line; he must try to increase the service each invention gives. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Then I am satisfied. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This distinction existed not for him, however, and he was quite satisfied with the English phrase. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Having worked at Jarndyce and Jarndyce like a galley slave, I have slaked my thirst for the law and satisfied myself that I shouldn't like it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He is sedately satisfied. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was not satisfied with returning to his former position without seeing for himself whether anything could be accomplished. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- That satisfied her and set at rest the doubts that had begun to worry her lately. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You were satisfied that he could not have been concealed in the room all the time, or in the corridor which you have just described as dimly lighted? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He asked a question which satisfied me that I had shaken him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You accuse me of murder; and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own creature. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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