thankful

Example Sentences

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“I don’t know what happened. Just thankful to get on base and thankful to come around and score.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

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 so thankful to someone like Terry Venables who - in a team that wasn't doing particularly well - to have the confidence to stick a 16-year-old in.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Stacey said she was thankful that Brayen has a group of four friends at school who have dairy allergies as they all sit together away from other pupils during milk time.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

He was caught off guard, but Esperanza pushed past it, and he was thankful she did.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro