He merely noted, with satisfaction, that it was a good hundred feet away.

He noted with intense satisfaction that not one man's hand but was raised.

She noted with satisfaction the look that came into his eyes.

Those eyes were definitely less cheerful than they had been, she noted with satisfaction.

Later, he noted with satisfaction that the sounds of feet had died away.

And he noted, with satisfaction, just a little unsure of herself.

But her new one, she noted with quiet satisfaction, "is going very well indeed."

He noted with satisfaction that some of the strain had left her face.

I note with satisfaction that they have all been adopted.

It was, he notes with satisfaction, the "best race of the season so far."