ungratified

Example Sentences

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However, time passed, and it seemed that his wish was to remain ungratified.

From The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales by Hatton, Bessie

Selina was forced to comply, and Lady Aurora with serious concern, to return to Brighthelmstone ungratified.

From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

I learned 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 Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret

The other was a now half-forgotten ungratified wish—the wish to find the youngster who had done him such service twelve years before.

From The Outspan Tales of South Africa by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir

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)