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

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

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

“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