It may be partly a self-esteem issue that gets gratified by numbers.
They make us listen to a homily in the gratified interval between two courses.
"I am gratified to learn that the U.S. attorney's office is closing its investigation, " Armstrong said.
He was both horrified and gratified by what his genie wrought.
The e-hail opponents, who say the program could ruin their livelihoods, are gratified, said their lawyer, Randy Mastro.
When Obama administration officials speak of nuclear weapons, they generally focus on audiences gratified by talk of disarmament, especially U.S. disarmament.
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He blanched when Lewis paid a 40% premium for Fleet, yet stayed onboard and was gratified that the merger worked out so well.
Short-term traders who had been watching the broader market climb deeper into overbought territory in recent days may be among the few market participants gratified by the late sell-off on Thursday.
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Late Friday, he released a statement in which he said he was "gratified" to learn that prosecutors are closing their investigation.
American generals have been surprised and gratified by their allies' grit in a largely thankless task.
Shoppers were gratified but surprised the first time they saw all of this.
Reading about how street pickpockets operated, Robbins was gratified to discover that he had arrived at similar methods intuitively.
I'm gratified we've made great progress towards enacting these safeguards here at home.
The Founders would be gratified with this evidence that we are indeed a government of laws, not men.
De la Renta is gratified and amused by how much Bolen took to the creative aspects of the job.
Gratified, because the idea of inclusive fitness has enormous explanatory power, even for human behaviour.
One thing we were gratified to learn is the extent of an already-burgeoning startup and tech culture in Detroit.
As one who argued last February that the reasons that prompted the Japanese to agree to co-development of the FS-X in the first place (commercial self-interest, not altruism) would continue to govern, I am gratified that it proved possible to revisit and improve some of the points in the original deal.
"Maybe they're just gratified that they're not being lied to anymore, " says Brighton's new chief, Charles Stidham.
"I am deeply gratified at the level of support we have received from the Bancroft family and its trustees, " said Mr Murdoch.
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