sated; sating
1
: to cloy with overabundance : glut
2
: to appease by indulging to the full
sate one's thirst
Examples of sate in a Sentence
Verb
The meal was more than enough to sate his hunger.
The information sated their curiosity.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
Simultaneously, consumers sated with household goods are shifting to spending on more services.
—Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Salads get an unfair reputation of being boring or inadequate in sating hunger, but that doesn’t have to be true.
—Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
Of course, nothing could sate our hunger for classic games.
—Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 14 June 2024
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Any tour behind a new album is going to be stocked with songs fans might not love yet, but Timberlake sprinkled enough hits to sate the faithful throughout the show.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
Simultaneously, consumers sated with household goods are shifting to spending on more services.
—Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Salads get an unfair reputation of being boring or inadequate in sating hunger, but that doesn’t have to be true.
—Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
Of course, nothing could sate our hunger for classic games.
—Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 14 June 2024
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“Sate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sate. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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