ungratified

Example Sentences

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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

No ambition is too high and, provided we will cultivate the ego, no ambition will remain ungratified.

From Seed Thoughts for Singers by Tubbs, Frank Herbert

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

Dock's legs, Mr. Doggett's public reproof, and the ungratified longing in his stomach for melons, were still giving the boy trouble late Saturday afternoon, after the flight of Friday evening.

From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Hackley, Sarah Bell