ungratified

Example Sentences

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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

Curiosity ungratified will be to you very torture, as I know.”

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne

We must not expect that we shall be able to convince women that the marks their children may bear have no analogy with ungratified longings.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Doubtless the secret fire of a consuming, but as yet ungratified, literary ambition also troubled his repose.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various

I learnt 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 of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton