Example sentences for: gratification

How can you use “gratification” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Pleasure, for Klein, is the opposite of control: It's all about gratification and excess.

  • Instant gratification is an important part of the appeal of e-books, and I found this delay slightly maddening.

  • Studies of human development have shown that the executive attention network is related to effortful control as measured from caregiver reports of their child's behavior [ 47 ] . Effortful control has also been shown to be heritable in twin studies [ 27 ] using larger numbers of subjects and has been linked by behavioral studies to the ability to delay gratification, development of conscience and other aspects of self regulation [ 48 ] .

  • Beatty doesn't need the ego gratification of public politics.

  • Polls show that Americans are willing to shun instant gratification to accomplish long-term goals such as repaying the federal debt or revamping Social Security.


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