gratefully

Example Sentences

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American servicemembers who fought alongside these brave men and women gratefully remember their sacrifices on our behalf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 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

"He passed it presumably because it went back and then gratefully I received the £7,500 because I was at the end of my tether at that stage."

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024

The New Jersey couple scraped together savings and gratefully accepted donations from friends and family for the $10,000 cost.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024

Frodo now accepted the invitation gratefully, to the relief of Pippin and Sam.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien