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Example sentences for "satisfy"

Lexicographically close words:
satisfactory; satisfie; satisfied; satisfies; satisfieth; satisfyed; satisfying; satisfyingly; sativa; satrap
  1. It is, and I am prepared for all the Resistance she can make, and am resolv'd to satisfy my insupportable Flame, since there's no other hope left me.

  2. Tis well; and you, Sir, I must confine till I know how to satisfy my Honour, and that of my wrong'd Sister.

  3. I fear she has found his ill Quality of Valour too; and since 'tis certain 'tis so, why should it be said that I ruin'd a Child to satisfy my Appetite of Riches?

  4. Now do you think I went out to satisfy a whim, Luke Wright?

  5. We would be bound to incur so much of danger in order to make an attempt at releasing Silas, that to put all this on the hazard, simply to satisfy what I believed only a whim, was to my mind little less than criminal folly.

  6. The detection of a few sham mediums, who are trying to impose upon the credulity of the public, for money, may satisfy the careless and unthinking, that the whole affair is a humbug.

  7. The negative opinion of some one with whom no such things have occurred, will not satisfy me.

  8. That part of my work on which I expect malignity most frequently to fasten, is the explanation; in which I cannot hope to satisfy those, who are perhaps not inclined to be pleased, since I have not always been able to satisfy myself.

  9. When the colonel returns, he will satisfy you that Katherine has done tolerably well in her marriage with our nephew.

  10. He knew himself well enough to be certain, that, if he struck the first blow, he would not hesitate to strike the death blow, and that nothing less than such conclusion would satisfy him.

  11. She at once released Condé, and favoured the Bourbons and the Huguenots to keep down the Guises, even permitting conferences to see whether the French Church could be reformed so as to satisfy the Calvinists.

  12. Francis had leagued with the German Protestants because they were foes to the Emperor, while he persecuted the like opinions at home to satisfy the Pope.

  13. I can not satisfy myself that the negligence made apparent in this case should be overlooked.

  14. The proofs with which I have been furnished fail to satisfy me that the Government should grant a pension on account of death produced by a self-administered narcotic in the circumstances which surround this case.

  15. The result has been to satisfy me of the inexpediency of entering into engagements of this character not covering the entire traffic.

  16. For what purpose but to satisfy such a craving can Nature have scattered in such profusion the materials for its gratification?

  17. The Government sales, when highest, were only enough to satisfy 3 per cent.

  18. He had other aspirations which he was able to satisfy at the home of an illustrious chatelaine of the vicinity, Mlle.

  19. At this time he was enabled to satisfy a legitimate resentment against his former friend, Bridau, and block his advancement.

  20. I warrant you will not want some naughty argument, or other, to satisfy yourself.

  21. I am resolved; I'll satisfy my doubts, Though to be more tormented.

  22. Please you, sir, I'll discourse with her, and see if I can satisfy your highness.

  23. But, since you think the obligement is so great, I'll bring a friend to satisfy my debt.

  24. Robert had absolutely half consented to leave his cure in the charge of another, and conduct his brother and sisters, but this plan did not satisfy the guardian, who could not send out his wards without some reliable female.

  25. She supposed that his room ought to satisfy her, for though untidy in female eyes, it did not betray ultra self-neglect.

  26. But if it be hard for one who has never questioned to take home individually the efficacy of the great Sacrifice, how much harder for one taught to deny the Godhead which rendered the Victim worthy to satisfy Eternal Justice?

  27. I want my father,' said Lucilla in a determined voice, as if nothing else were to satisfy her.

  28. She'll mind me when she sees I will be minded; and as for little Owen, nothing would satisfy him but his promising not to go away.

  29. You can set your lawyer to write to the places, and satisfy yourself without letting him know anything about it.

  30. I read it long ago, and shall be glad to satisfy my own mind by going over it again.

  31. Then raise the fire considerably by means of a good pair of perpetual bellows; satisfy yourself that the matter is in perfect fusion, by dipping into the crucible an iron wire; continue the fire in this degree for half a quarter of an hour.

  32. Mr. Geoffroy could not collect a sufficient quantity thereof to cupel them, and satisfy himself whether or no they were Silver.

  33. To attain it they made an infinite number of experiments and trials; which all conspired to detect the falsity of their system, and to satisfy men of sense, that the methods they employed were very far from answering the purpose.

  34. Should he smother his own desires and opinions in the attempt to satisfy his teacher?

  35. The preceding argument would reverse that order by having them discover their wants first and then study to satisfy them.

  36. In feeding children we have our eyes primarily on the present; food is given them in order to be assimilated and used now to satisfy present needs; that is the best way of guaranteeing health for the future.

  37. One very important reason tor this is that he fixes his eyes too intently upon his teacher in the preparation of his lessons; he studies to satisfy her rather than himself, as though somehow the school was established for her benefit.

  38. That kind of success didn't satisfy me, and I venture to assume it didn't satisfy you.

  39. The tone, fully as much as the words themselves, seemed entirely to satisfy Harrison.

  40. But sheer, blind chance is always open to every one, and I'd like one try just to satisfy myself before we try your scheme.

  41. To satisfy all foreign churches, against any accusation, that they are orthodox.

  42. Finding gives you no propriety, if the owner can be found: do as you would be done by, and you may satisfy your conscience.

  43. To this it is replied, That the law bindeth ad poenam, but on supposition of disobedience; and that disobedience is forbidden of God: and the penalty satisfieth not God, though it satisfy man.

  44. This controversy hath so many full treatises written on it, that I cannot expect that so few words as I must lay out upon it should satisfy the studious reader.

  45. Let it satisfy you that he knoweth and approveth your sincerity.

  46. When you are doubtful whether your cause and call be good, it is (ordinarily) safest to sit still, and not to venture in so dangerous a case, without great deliberation and sufficient evidence to satisfy your consciences.

  47. O satisfy us early with thy mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad in thee all our days.

  48. That she occupied a good room and paid for it regularly seemed to be sufficient to satisfy Mrs. Dayton.

  49. Get out and satisfy the captain, Cocoeni," said Ned.

  50. Then we killed a couple of lions, and had to satisfy our appetites on them until we got once more amongst the game.

  51. They show that worldliness was advancing in the church, which called for rebuke and a return to Apostolic Christianity; that the church was failing to satisfy the highest cravings of the soul.

  52. The flight from the world was merely the method adopted to satisfy his soul-longings.

  53. However, I will not try to analyse the causes of my state, for I should satisfy nobody, least of all myself.

  54. I endeavoured to force myself to think as I used to think, if only to satisfy myself that I had not lost my individuality.

  55. He many times offered to provide me with as much cheap paper as I liked to have; but cheap paper did not satisfy my artistic soul, for I always liked the best of everything.

  56. In order to satisfy the anxieties of Sir William Crookes lest land should be taken from other necessary work, this area might be divided among several States and Territories, say five thousand square miles among eight.

  57. I went in for my coat and umbrella, to come off to you, and Mrs. Hare wanted to know where I was going in such a hurry, but I did not satisfy her.

  58. Not the least," was the candid answer, "unless you can manage to satisfy or partially satisfy those claims you have been telling me of.

  59. West Lynne has not been so complimentary to me, it appears, that I need put myself out of my way to satisfy its curiosity.

  60. You can satisfy yourself of the fact from other lips than mine," said Richard.


  61. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "satisfy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    allay; answer; appease; assuage; assure; atone; avail; baby; bear; board; clear; climax; cloy; coddle; compensate; comply; conform; content; convert; convict; convince; cosset; cram; delight; dine; discharge; expiate; favor; feast; fee; feed; fill; fodder; follow; forage; fulfil; fulfill; glut; gorge; grass; gratify; graze; heed; hold; honor; humor; indemnify; indulge; jade; keep; lift; liquidate; meet; mess; mollycoddle; obey; oblige; observe; overdose; pall; pamper; pander; pass; pasture; pay; persuade; please; propitiate; provision; qualify; quench; quit; reach; recompense; redeem; redress; regale; regard; remit; remunerate; render; repair; requite; respect; retire; reward; sate; satiate; satisfy; saturate; sell; serve; settle; slake; spoil; square; stand; stretch; stuff; suffice; suit; supply; surfeit; sustain; tender; work; recompense; redeem; redress; regale; regard; remit; remunerate; render; repair; requite; respect; retire; reward; sate; satiate; satisfy; saturate; sell; serve; settle; slake; spoil; square; stand; stretch; stuff; suffice; suit; supply; surfeit; sustain; tender; work; yield


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    satisfy himself; satisfy myself; satisfy the; satisfy their; satisfy them