How to Use sate in a Sentence

sate

verb
Definition of satenext
Synonyms for satenext
  • The meal was more than enough to sate his hunger.
  • The information sated their curiosity.
  • The question is whether that will be enough to both sate and drive his hunger.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 June 2018
  • The page-turner will sate fans and win over new readers alike.
    — Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2022
  • If one round of reveillon repasts isn't enough to sate you, how about a second?
    — Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Track pants sate the appetite for easy clothes that are still style-forward.
    — Faran Krentcil, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Nothing that happens these next two games will sate the Longhorns.
    — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Here are over a dozen recipes to sate yourself on the juiciest fruit of summer.
    — Christina Chaey, Bon Appetit, 25 July 2017
  • The good news is that the restaurants and bars on site are happy to seat you and sate you until a bay opens up.
    — Michael McKnight, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022
  • Or pull it from the fridge after a long night out to sate your hunger before heading to bed.
    — Elyssa Goldberg, Bon Appétit, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Thankfully, there was plenty left on the menu to sate us.
    — Annabel Ross, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2019
  • World Cups are won by teams on the rise that have paid their dues, not by sated or aging stars.
    — Si.com Staff, SI.com, 4 June 2018
  • It’s got an appetite (for food, mostly), and isn’t afraid to buck social norms to sate it.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The Cavaliers could be one of those happy-to-be-there teams, where two or three wins in the first round might sate them.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Fast-food burgers and fries didn’t quite sate his cravings.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021
  • All seem to have been equally acceptable to sate their lust for blood.
    — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
  • To sate us until the July 7th opening, Sony and Marvel released the first four minutes of the movie.
    — Tom Philip, GQ, 3 July 2017
  • There were some free snacks available, but one granola bar was enough to sate me until lunch.
    — NBC News, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Though in many markets, every show went clean, Brooks has tried to add enough shows to sate demand and stave off scalpers.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2017
  • These titles will sate you until it’s safe to travel again.
    — Heather Greenwood Davis, Outside Online, 15 Dec. 2020
  • But the festival is still ready to sate our hunger for cinema.
    — Vulture, 14 Apr. 2022
  • These are popular items not listed on the menus that will sate even the pickiest of palates.
    — Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2023
  • The Heat hold early-Bird Rights with Trevor, which should be enough to sate him financially.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 29 July 2021
  • Here are eight picks that should leave diners sated and elated.
    — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 31 July 2019
  • During those hours while the wind howls, provide snacks and bite-sized foods to keep the family sated.
    — Miami Herald Staff, miamiherald, 27 Aug. 2015
  • More than 60 vendors stand ready to sate Hoosier appetites at the fairgrounds through July 19.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2019
  • Doors open at noon, with plenty of delicious beer and food sate your appetite.
    — Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Davis witnessed teammates go without — or go to extremes just to sate their hunger.
    — NBC News, 6 July 2021
  • My posse leaves sated but not stuffed, with parting gifts of miniature flaky chocolate croissants (now chocolate mousse cakes) that are gleefully dispatched the next day.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Nor will exiting the region sate its malevolent actors or solve its conflicts.
    — Shay Khatiri, National Review, 8 Jan. 2024

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