Example sentences for: gratification

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  • He mentions, for example, names that honor persons, names that have a religious background, names that express ego gratification and toponymic habituation (in which familiar names from the homeland are adopted to make a place seem a little less strange), names which show evidence of discovery, etc.

  • Congress, where "the idea of bombing Iraq has really fallen into trouble," is equally confused, says Fred Barnes ( The McLaughlin Group ). Will explains the appeal of bombing: It provides "gratification without commitment."

  • In children, the rate of occurrence has customarily been given as 3 to 5%, but recent studies show the condition is present in 15% or more of school age populations [ 11 12 ] . Persistence of ADHD into adulthood has been shown to occur in 30 to 50% (or more) of childhood cases [ 13 ] , depending on the criteria used [ 14 ] . It is clear that adults with a history of ADHD in childhood have greater difficulty functioning compared to their non-ADHD peers [ 15 ] . One example is the higher rate of substance use disorders in ADHD adults compared to the general population [ 16 ] , such use often viewed as a kind of "self-medication" of unpleasant emotions [ 16 ] . In obesity, similar patterns of eating (seeking immediate gratification, using food to reduce dysphoria) have been observed [ 17 ] , though not previously linked to ADHD.

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  • This kind of picture has one of two thrusts: It either sides with the suffocated housewife who, like Ibsen's Nora, strives to break free of a repressive patriarchal hold, or it demonizes a culture that tempts men and women to put their own gratification before their responsibilities as parents.


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