ungratified

Example Sentences

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Westover had covered herself with glory, and Dolly could go home tomorrow with not a wish ungratified.

From Dolly's College Experiences by Jones, Mabel Cronise

So slight an inclination, ungratified, extended to vast dimensions, and possessed her entire.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence

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

They had no want ungratified; to them the desert and what it contained were all-sufficing.

From A Vendetta of the Desert by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

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)