He rebelled against the glorious self-gratification. From Wordnik.com. [For The Roses]
I wrote 'self-gratification', but it seemed too weak. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
We exalt self-gratification and self - aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [PROBLEM OF EVIL] Reference
Any kind of sexually-oriented self-gratification activity. From Wordnik.com. [Cell phone ban for teen drivers?] Reference
Uses it as a tool for self-gratification or self-advancement. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2001] Reference
Relationships seem only bent for backwards self-gratification. From Wordnik.com. [hamletwildie Diary Entry] Reference
Life would be one long journey of accomplishment and self-gratification. From Wordnik.com. [The O'Reilly Factor]
Their quest is self-gratification, to which they sacrifice no matter what. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making] Reference
Few persons ever had greater means and opportunities for self-gratification. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
It's hard to argue against putting family enjoyment above self-gratification. From Wordnik.com. [He Gambles. She Doesn't. Place Your Bets...] Reference
And when you have instant self-gratification, there are never any consequences. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2006] Reference
Your only concerns are the determined pursuit of peace, love and mindless self-gratification. From Wordnik.com. [Style] Reference
This administration is not interested in hitting a milk factory and getting self-gratification. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2001] Reference
Creole's cynical words seriously, and thought I saw the search for self-gratification everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making] Reference
Is man so bent on self-gratification that he will have every sweet, though it be mingled with poison?. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
KLAAS: He did this for instant self-gratification without consideration for the consequences of his crime. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2009] Reference
That the more she tried to drown everything out with self-gratification, the worse she made things for herself. From Wordnik.com. [A Christmas Bride]
And Lot does not err on this point; but he acts rashly in going beyond the word for the sake of self-gratification. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1] Reference
If -- if I was a person that was about self-gratification and self-glory and self-proclamation, then yes, I'd love it. From Wordnik.com. [Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago] Reference
The DoD, of course, seldom fosters self-gratification, a trait that underlies the "free content" culture of the Internet. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Handel: Culture Clash on the Internet] Reference
How late did Bill O'Reilly stay up to prepare with something that would spin another tragedy into a self-gratification issue?. From Wordnik.com. [EXPLOITING VA TECH TRAGEDY: THE O'REILLY M.O. AT WORK] Reference
The Bluths squandered chance after chance to redeem themselves and use their wealth for anything other than self-gratification. From Wordnik.com. [Joel Keller: The Deal (or No Deal) With "Arrested Development"] Reference
In - structed only by his senses and his intuition and seeking only self-gratification, he is the pleasure-principle personified. From Wordnik.com. [WISDOM OF THE FOOL] Reference
They spend all their time talking about self-gratification, bodies in the Arizona desert, and women who like horses more than men. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Conniff: Con Games: Tea Party Beauty and the Bestiality] Reference
The Islamists say we are an empty materialist shell of a society, a brothel that believes in nothing but our own self-gratification. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: Why Is Britain Keeping Jihadis but Deporting Their Victims?] Reference
It is fealty to community that frees us from the dictates of our idols, idols that promise us fulfillment through self-gratification. From Wordnik.com. [The False Idol of Unfettered Capitalism] Reference
We can understand, for instance, the Romans and the early Christians as a competition between competing needs for self-gratification. From Wordnik.com. [Politicians and Critics] Reference
Shoddy workmanship, shoddy products, less for more, chasing the "immediate self-gratification fairy" has become the norm not the unusual. From Wordnik.com. [Of Resuscitating Old Shoes, Relocalization and Toxic Globalism] Reference
Muddled thought processes, self-delusion and the adolescent urge for self-gratification could trump the rule of law and reason at any moment. From Wordnik.com. [A Personal Note on Depression and War] Reference
All these benefactions were made in a spirit of mingled charity and self-gratification, but to Mrs. Gerhardt they glowed with but one motive. From Wordnik.com. [Jennie Gerhardt] Reference
The mercantile establishment uses the media to promote consumerism, which feeds the individualistic viruses of self-gratification and self-preoccupation. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts for Obama and Clinton Down the Stretch: What True Change Involves] Reference
But I think the context that he said it is that we need to get back to a culture of character where we need to emphasize responsibility as much as self-gratification. From Wordnik.com. [A Nation of Victims: The Decay of the American Character] Reference
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