ingrate

Example Sentences

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“To this day, the administration still complains that the Ukrainians are ingrates — and that’s because they refuse to look critically at their own policy.”

From New York Times

“We don’t want to be the suckers anymore,” Trump told reporters last July, calling the Germans ingrates who don’t spend enough on defense but expect the United States to protect them from Russia.

From Seattle Times

He and Bishop had bad blood: Bishop called Philbin an “ingrate” for walking off during a salary dispute and later badmouthing him.

From Washington Times

He seeks to paint the sport as respectable, countering the critics who think of ballplayers as “roughnecks and ingrates and ne’er do wells.”

From Washington Post

They will continue to label college athletes who want to be paid for their labor as ingrates, as if college tuition is fair compensation for the billions their skills generate.

From Los Angeles Times