ingrate

Example Sentences

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I am sure he thought I was an ingrate but said they never locked their door — it was the Colony.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

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

From Washington Post • Dec. 24, 2021

What kind of ingrate brings large quantities of prohibited food into a situation like this?

From Slate • Mar. 9, 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

"Besides, your mother is suffering overtime. God only knows why she loves an ingrate like you, but she does."

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos