unthankful

Example Sentences

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Britain does not intend to abandon her duties; despite the unthankful character of her job.

From Time Magazine Archive

But with the great rousing hosannas, and the last powerful words of the "Agnus Dei" no one was likely to go home uninspired or unthankful.

From Time Magazine Archive

We withdraw our hand and close our purse, but he is kind to the unthankful and the evil.

From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle

Well, let it be so," said he; "we will show this unthankful country that we are able not only to fight, but to die for it.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

But persuade him that a task is indubitably and officially his, and he will devote his life to it, however unthankful or exacting it may be.

From The Lighter Side of School Life by Hay, Ian