ingrate
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The names they called me sting to this day: Eric the Ingrate.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2022
Words which no ear ever to hear in Heaven Expected, least of all from thee, Ingrate, In place thyself so high above thy peers.
From Paradise Lost by Milton, John
Ingrate that I was, I turned my back upon the Aigle, and was thankful when Sir Samuel and Lady Turnour walked out of my sight around the corner of the picture.
From The Motor Maid by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
Ingrate and traitor—hard words and true, hard words and true!
From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary
Loudly he cry'd for help, Arsaces heard, And thro' the swelling waves he rush'd to save His drowning Brother, and gave him life, And for the boon the Ingrate pays him hate.
From The Prince of Parthia A Tragedy by Moses, Montrose Jonas
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