thankfulness

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Their end-of-year reflections had been displayed side by side with the prisoners’ jars on the tree: a shared message of thankfulness and hope displayed for everyone who took part or who bothered to look.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

Tolstoy took it a step further: You can infer from his work that he thought the moments in which we feel the greatest thankfulness are those in which we are most noble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

"It feels comforting to be part of the community here, where we've all come to the same place to express our grief and our love and our thankfulness for what he gave the world."

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025

At the press conference, Noorzai expressed thankfulness at seeing his “mujahedeen brothers” - a reference to the Taliban - in Kabul.

From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2022

With a cry of thankfulness, Harry sank to his knees; he was shaking in every limb, his body ached all over, and his breath came in painful stabs.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling