ungrateful

Example Sentences

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What no one in the diaspora is saying yet, because it feels ungrateful to say, is that exile itself became a home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Related: My rude, ungrateful relative gave her lawyer power of attorney — and has lived to regret it.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

It was all happening at a time when internally I felt so lucky to be starting a family, and was desperate not to come across as ungrateful.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

I know this is coming from a good place, and I don’t want to come off as ungrateful, but my issues with this are threefold.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2023

She didn’t mean to seem unfriendly or even ungrateful, though it was tiresome to be always beholden to Amelia.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson