gratefully

Example Sentences

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"I think I understand more about why that wasn't done -- obviously gratefully -- but that is an area where my intuitions were just off."

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

And if your spouse needs cancer treatment in another city, you might want to relax your boundaries and accept a gift of financial help gratefully.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Your company is worth millions, so you have the luxury of choice, something you are acutely and, it seems, gratefully aware of.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

Everything about this strange arrangement has worked, every fear has been squelched, all awkwardness has disappeared, and the Lakers have been left with a happily productive father and a gratefully improving son.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2025

Ranofer glanced at him gratefully and nodded, relieved that he did not have to explain.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw