How to use satisfying in a sentence
40 example sentences · adjective
Satisfying means that satisfies, gratifies or pleases; that removes any feeling of lack. Example: “A Hausdorff space satisfying local compactness need not be (globally) compact!”
Examples of satisfying by meaning
adjectiveThat satisfies, gratifies or pleases; that removes any feeling of lack.
- As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation.2012 January, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 03...
More sentences with satisfying
- A Hausdorff space satisfying local compactness need not be (globally) compact!From the entry local
- The spinach was mixed with paneer to make a satisfying meal.From the entry paneer
- He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack.From the entry bat
- It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.From the entry delusion
- He finds body piercing to be a satisfying occupation.From the entry body piercing
- Her wedding gives her fans the satisfying narrative conclusion that they desire.2026 July 3, Marina Hyde, “The US turns 250 and Taylor Swift gets married. I think we all know which is a bigger deal”, in The Guardian…. From the entry people pleaser
- When I unsheathe the blade, it makes such a satisfying sound that I do it again.2020, Raven Leilani, Luster, Picador (2021), page 76. From the entry unsheathe
- It’s so satisfying to give a forgotten bit of produce new life with a sharp pickley taste.2017, Leela Cyd, Tasting Hygge: Joyful Recipes for Cozy Days and Nights, The Countryman Press, →ISBN. From the entry pickley
- In this chapter two types of signature schemes satisfying homomorphic properties are presented.2016, Giulia Traverso, Denise Demirel, Johannes Buchmann, Homomorphic Signature Schemes: A Survey, Springer, →ISBN, page 11. From the entry homomorphic
- Habituality and openness are both essential ingredients of a satisfying life.2015, David Seamon, A Geography of the Lifeworld (Routledge Revivals): Movement, Rest and Encounter. From the entry habituality
- In particular, we prove that the fibrant objects are those satisfying descent with respect to all hypercovers.2015, Utsav Choudhury, Martin Gallauer Alves de Souza, “Homotopy theory of dg sheaves”, in arXiv. From the entry hypercovers
- Pork chops are the go-to dish in the Midwest for an easy, inexpensive, and satisfying meal.2015, Colby Garrelts, Megan Garrelts, “Cast Iron and Dutch Ovens”, in Made in America: A Modern Collection of Classic Recipes, Andrews…. From the entry pork chop
- However, assessment in school uses quantitative test apparatūs without satisfying its scientific requirements.2015, Anja Kraus, Scholarly Principles in Teacher Education: What Kind of Science Serves a Practice-Oriented Teacher Education? (European…. From the entry apparatūs
- This promises to be most satisfying, as am expecting some new ribbon samples.2013 December 25, Raffaella Barker, Summertime, A&C Black, →ISBN. From the entry gormful
- The hair-grip goes some way towards satisfying his deep desire to be one of them.2012, John Carey, William Golding: The Man who Wrote Lord of the Flies, page 1. From the entry hair-grip
- In other words, a new system satisfying changed requirements is released onto the market quickly.2010, Pierre Van de Laar, Teade Punter, Views on Evolvability of Embedded Systems, page 7. From the entry evolvable
- There was a rather satisfying little crack as each of the perishers perished.2010, Alan Weeks, Bloody Picnic: Tommy's Humour, 1914-18, The History Press, →ISBN. From the entry perisher
- An analyst must discuss what makes a narrative “good” – satisfying to its creators and hearers.2009, Haruko Momma, Michael Matto, A Companion to the History of the English Language, page 609. From the entry antimentalism
- It took longer to gob up the ammo but in Obadi's words it was “more satisfying”.2008, Stephan Ray Swimmer, Changing of Seasons, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry gob up
- When traditional, nonfancy English dishes are done well, they're super- satisfying and delicious.2006, Donald Olson, London for Dummies, page 24. From the entry nonfancy
- All I had to do was put each one in its bright, satisfying place.2005, Rachel DeWoskin, Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China, page 134. From the entry tetris
- This is satisfying ideologically, and has interesting information-theoretic and ergodic consequences.2001, Cosma Rohilla Shalizi, Causal Architecture, Complexity and Self-Organization in Time Series and Cellular Automata. From the entry epsilon-machine
- One reason is that netfic is partially satisfying my fanfic addiction.2000 November 5, Shomeret [username], “Re: Fan Fiction Readers (and Writers)”, in alt.tv.highlander (Usenet). From the entry netfic
- Find them, and prove that an operation satisfying them provides another cryptomorphic version of topology 8.1994, Michael Henle, A Combinatorial Introduction to Topology, page 269. From the entry cryptomorphic
- However, he noted, his dish is substantial enough to serve as a satisfying entree.1991, Food Management, volume 26, page 139. From the entry menu
- A whole weekendful of menus for just-right meals—high-comfort, deeply satisfying and so easy.1989, Working Woman. From the entry weekendful
- They began to feel the prodigal Thanksgiving spirit, and to regret their limited opportunities for satisfying it.1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate. From the entry roseate
- Magritte offers us ontological shock treatments to jar us out of our metaphysical slumbers, but proposes no satisfying alternative.2025 November 2 (last accessed), “Let’s Get Real! Magritte and the Nature of Reality”, in baptistcenter.com, archived from the original on…. From the entry metaphysical
- Liar was the one thing making Mondays that little bit more satisfying since it started on ITV six weeks ago.2017 October 17, Ciara Sheppard, “Liar Season 2 is happening, but there's something we're really, really confused about...”, in Glamour…. From the entry defs
- The ideal ending needs to be satisfying and surprising while staying true to the comedic game that preceded it.2016 July 12, Jessica Goldstein, “How to best end a comedy sketch? It’s hard to go wrong with gruesome death”, in The Washington Post. From the entry button
- My grown-up version is a lot less salty, but has much more flavor and the same satisfying slurpability.2016, Heather Christo, Pure Delicious. From the entry slurpability
- The bifunction is assumed to be satisfying a Lipschitz-type condition when the basic iteration comes from the extragradient method.2015, Bui Van Dinh, Do Sang Kim, “Extragradient algorithms for equilibrium problems and symmetric generalized hybrid mappings”, in arXiv. From the entry bifunction
- The epicurean journey is pervaded throughout by a satisfying biscuitiness.2013 February, Renee Allen, “Pretty in Pink”, in Connecticut Magazine, page 60. From the entry biscuitiness
- It was also a satisfying night for England coach Capello.2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC. From the entry exclusion
- Meat is filling and satisfying, keeping the blood sugar stable.2011, Susan Schenck, “Meat Is Satisfying and Nonaddictive”, in Beyond Broccoli: Creating a Biologically Balanced Diet When a Vegetarian…. From the entry unbingeable
- Bourne’s intense interest in satisfying his audiences, particularly nondance audiences who, he feels, may need a way into scarily wordless dance-dramas.2007 March 19, Jennifer Dunning, “The Strange Career of a Boy With an Edge, or Several”, in New York Times. From the entry nondance
- The second prerequisite for satisfying the suicide definition is that the suicidee must have caused his own death.2007, Glenys Williams, Intention and Causation in Medical Non-Killing. From the entry suicidee
- Mathematicians and scientists feel that they have found a more difficult but much more satisfying game to play.2004, Mike Alder, “Newton's Flaming Laser Sword, Or: Why Mathematicians and Scientists don't like Philosophy but do it anyway”, in…. From the entry Newton's flaming laser sword
- Problems arise with evaluation systems that are overquantified — when decisions or judgments predominantly rely on satisfying numerical requirements.2000, Kenneth D. Peterson, Teacher evaluation. From the entry overquantify
Meaning of satisfying
- adjective That satisfies, gratifies or pleases; that removes any feeling of lack.
- adjective Pleasing to certain sensory channels in neurocognition, especially auditory and tactile ones synesthetically via ASMR.
Questions about satisfying in a sentence
- How do you use satisfying in a sentence?
- Satisfying is used as an adjective. For example: “A Hausdorff space satisfying local compactness need not be (globally) compact!”
- What is a short sentence with satisfying?
- “He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack.”
- What does satisfying mean?
- Satisfying means that satisfies, gratifies or pleases; that removes any feeling of lack.
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