ungratified

Example Sentences

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She had been much annoyed, she said, by the impertinent interrogations of gossiping people, who often insulted her by withholding their charity when they found their love of gossip ungratified.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander

I am a lover of Nature," he writes at this time to a friend, "with an ungratified imagination.

From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)

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

The explanation of his act lay in the hot-blooded temperament of a thoroughly spoiled and indulged man, whose first ungratified wish robs him of his senses--the excuse of his act lay nowhere.

From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Schubin, Ossip

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