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

That outraged Fleetwood’s parents as well as hers, who all viewed her as an ingrate who didn’t appreciate the rich life she’d been given.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2020

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

In the end, the ingrate left the Met nothing.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2015

“And just when he had gotten it to the point of learning to eat nothing at all, the ingrate up and died. I suppose you have heard that story?”

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen