thankful

Example Sentences

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I am thankful to have grown up in a bilingual country and to have attended a high school where we studied Molière in French and Shakespeare in English.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

I’m thankful for those songs — they’re why I’m here talking to you now.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

She said her husband was "very wary of the children being sick" and "his anxiety had heightened a lot, but that they were both thankful to the staff in Swah".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

The family said it was thankful to Norris’s fans, who to him “were not just fans, you were his friends.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Nate knew he should be thankful that Storch gave him a home.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis