ungratified

Example Sentences

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She had been much annoyed, she said, by the impertinent interrogations of gossiping people, who often insulted her by withholding their charity when they found their love of gossip ungratified.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander

I learned that Beethoven was most difficult of access, and would admit no pupil but Ries; and for a long time my anxiety to see him remained ungratified.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret

Years fled on—years of burning disappointment and ungratified passion.

From The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) by Moodie, Susanna

She called to mind her brave struggle with fate, with her fellow-men, and with her own heart; her love, grafted on pain, had brought forth not gladness but ungratified longing.

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r

The other was a now half-forgotten ungratified wish—the wish to find the youngster who had done him such service twelve years before.

From The Outspan Tales of South Africa by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir