How to Use satisfactory in a Sentence

satisfactory

adjective
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  • The movie was brought to a satisfactory close.
  • He gave a satisfactory account of how the accident had happened.
  • The job requires a satisfactory level of performance.
  • His work has been satisfactory, but not outstanding.
  • Results are less satisfactory than had been anticipated.
  • Just then, the tourist comes down the stairs, says the rooms are not satisfactory, picks up the $100 note and leaves.
    — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 25 Apr. 2020
  • For a school as large and as wealthy as Texas, eight wins is not a satisfactory bar.
    — Brice Paterik, Dallas News, 9 July 2020
  • How will all this lead to an end-state that is satisfactory to both sides?
    — Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2022
  • And the lid makes a satisfactory flick, like fiddling with a lighter.
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, 7 July 2019
  • That way, each of his two women will be free to find a more satisfactory mate.
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021
  • There is a way to salvage this that is satisfactory to both sides.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 4 July 2023
  • If that is satisfactory to some, the Jazz players aren’t among them.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 June 2021
  • Amos was satisfactory against the run the last two seasons.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The deal has not closed, so the viability of the project could hinge on a settlement satisfactory to the state, the city and Moreno.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2021
  • Another 10 minutes went by and a man in a chef's hat came out and asked if the food was satisfactory.
    — Author: Geoff Kennedy, Alaska Dispatch News, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The reasons for its choice make sense, but won’t help the bank give investors a satisfactory return for many years to come.
    — Paul J. Davies, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2017
  • Our sales in India over the past two years have been satisfactory.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The food wavers from satisfactory one moment to downright bad the next, as variable as the sea.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • When Sanofi went live with its AI app, the quality of the data was not satisfactory.
    — Paul Hudson, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
  • There is no very satisfactory way to compare how each firms’ clients have done.
    — The Economist, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Their decisions were most satisfactory to Auburn and Tuskaloosa and the crowd never once yelled at the umpire.
    — al, 22 Nov. 2021
  • If this game plays out like that, and UConn can come out of it without more major injuries, that will have to be satisfactory.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Sheets said many kids will be able to talk to their parents about peer pressure and figure out satisfactory ways to deal with it.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Starlink has been adding users like crazy in the last year, but the performance always seemed satisfactory to me.
    — Brian Westover, PCMAG, 17 May 2023
  • With a bad taste in his mouth after the less than satisfactory killing of his green-haired hostage, Chloe, Kurt is making a mad grab for his next victim.
    — Kelly McClure, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2021
  • So, rows of shops with the shutters down, no satisfactory work, the gig economy.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 28 May 2023
  • The first two contracts were satisfactory but Leyendecker didn’t think the firm would be used again.
    — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 24 June 2019
  • Can Davis and Green, two seniors who had never seen the field of 68, get any sort of satisfactory ending to their careers?
    — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Four people had been hospitalized in critical condition following Friday's stabbings, but by the evening two were critical, one was in serious condition and one was satisfactory, a hospital spokesperson said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Overall, the team is running smoothly but one individual, who previously didn’t have any issues, is now struggling: missing deadlines, not catching mistakes, not completing assignments in a satisfactory way.
    — Eva Epker, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024

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