grateful

Example Sentences

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“I’m very grateful to live in a nation where I don’t have to stay where my dad was.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

"If I could be given land to farm today, land where I and my children can work, I would be truly grateful," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“But it was a little insulting at the time, and I’m grateful we have grown so much since then.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Baldoni lawyers Alexandra Shapiro and Jonathan Bach said they were grateful for the dismissal of the “very serious allegations,” adding, “What’s left is a significantly narrowed case.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

I was grateful they’d accepted me in their territory, and for the trust they’d shown me, especially the friendly one who’d taken the first kernel.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo