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
The 54-year-old has just starred in Doctor Cha, a Netflix series about a middle-aged woman who decides to complete her medical training and start work after 20 years of looking after her ungrateful family.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2023
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
I was afraid that I might look ungrateful to my uncle, who didn’t have to take me in, if I distanced myself from the family unit.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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