ingrate

Example Sentences

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He spoke of his estrangement from the game, of how, because of his refusal to indulge in the celebrations it offered him, he was viewed in some quarters as an ingrate.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022

Pound may have been an ingrate, but the gratitude of generations will always be due Hall, for remembering.

From Washington Post • Dec. 24, 2021

When “Life with Picasso” first came out, this kind of anecdote did not go over well with Picasso’s supporters, who denounced Gilot as a spiteful ingrate and rushed in to avenge the great man.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

Then he’ll look around for more before disappearing, like the ingrate that he is, back into his foul and riled depths.

From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2015

I could see buzzards circling high in the distance, which reminded me of that ingrate Buster.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls