unthankful

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Better be so, and thief too, than unthankful: Pray use this old man so, and then we are paid all.

From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject by Beaumont, Francis

Then he said aloud: "But I don't know of any man who would take on such an unthankful business."

From The Strange Story of Rab R?by by J?kai, M?r

"To be seeking for what has been disclosed, to reconsider what has been finished, to tear up what has been laid down, what is this but to be unthankful for what is gained?"

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal