Literary notes about sated (AI summary)
The word "sated" in literature conveys a layered sense of fulfillment that can be both satisfying and burdensome. Authors use it to signify the completion of desire—whether it is the satiation of physical hunger, such as in feasts or battle, as in [1] and [2], or the exhaustion of emotional or spiritual longing, as in the weary resignation found in [3] and [4]. In romantic or epic contexts, the term illustrates not merely contentment but sometimes a poignant disillusionment, where overindulgence leads to listlessness or even disdain for further experience, as seen in the reflective tone of [5] and [6]. This varied employment deepens characterization and mood, imbuing narratives with a richness that explores both the fulfillment and the inevitable limits of desire [7, 8].
- The sated wild beasts prowl listlessly over the arena.
— from Valeria, the Martyr of the Catacombs: A Tale of Early Christian Life in Rome by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow - Not sated with devouring the horse or hound, he soon turned his swift nails upon me, tearing my cheek and taking off my ear.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo - It was eleven when they got home, sated with dissipation, but with the exceeding sweet pleasure of talking it all over still to come.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery - Looking back she could see very clearly, now, how love had waned as soon as lust was sated in the man.
— from Joan Thursday: A Novel by Louis Joseph Vance - Davy Byrne, sated after his yawn, said with tearwashed eyes: —And is that a fact?
— from Ulysses by James Joyce - These sated lips and eyes That erstwhile sued, Accord this sacrifice In gratitude.
— from The Poems of Sappho: An Interpretative Rendition into English by Sappho - 3 For sated with troubles is my soul, And my life has drawn near to Sheol.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2
Psalms XXXIX.-LXXXIX. by Alexander Maclaren - Revenge, so long fed with hope and promise, was calling to be sated.
— from The Delafield Affair by Florence Finch Kelly