ungratified

Example Sentences

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You need not; there is nothing more difficult than to remain unselfish, which is just another word for "sweet and good," if one never knows what it is to have a wish ungratified.

From Christmas Tree Land by Molesworth, Mrs. (Mary Louisa)

So Mr. Gage's yearning was still ungratified, and so he told himself, and his friend, Peckover, in no measured terms as he rampaged about the more secluded quarters of the demesne.

From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William

Lady Ormstork looked deeply grateful; indeed, as though a load of ungratified longing had been lifted from her shoulders; while Miss Buffkin seemed, from one cause or another, highly amused.

From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William

With no wish ungratified by her father, she might have been more selfish than she was.

From Miss Theodora A West End Story by Reed, Helen Leah

I only saw him bend low over her hand; could not catch a word he said, and was calmly surged out into the hall with ungratified and baffled spirit.

From Kitty's Conquest by King, Charles