thankfulness
Example Sentences
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He added that there was also "widespread relief and thankfulness" that there were no injuries considering "the potentially devastating consequences of such a major fire".
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
Their end-of-year reflections had been displayed side by side with the prisoners’ jars on the tree: a shared message of thankfulness and hope displayed for everyone who took part or who bothered to look.
From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025
Tolstoy took it a step further: You can infer from his work that he thought the moments in which we feel the greatest thankfulness are those in which we are most noble.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
At the press conference, Noorzai expressed thankfulness at seeing his “mujahedeen brothers” - a reference to the Taliban - in Kabul.
From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2022
But that orphans’ home inspired no inklings of thankfulness in my heart.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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