How to Use ingratitude in a Sentence

ingratitude

noun
  • But the virtues here so outweigh the flaws that to complain seems almost like ingratitude.
    — New York Times, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Her good fortune had been given to her by her parents; to throw it away was a gesture of ingratitude.
    — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017
  • At its heart lies a disdain for our history, an ingratitude for our blessings, and a contempt for the truth.
    — John Yoo, National Review, 23 June 2024
  • Never before has a boon to public health been met with such hysteria and ingratitude.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 20 Sep. 2019
  • This is certainly the case with Truman Capote, who raised ingratitude to an art form.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • An attitude of ingratitude is, alas, a common form of self-sabotage.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2023
  • In republics, the public is, also, accused of ingratitude to its servants.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Most coverage has framed this as Gen Z anxiety or ingratitude.
    — Philomena V. Mantella, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026
  • Oprah disinvited him from her show in response, and Franzen was rebuked on all sides for his ingratitude and his luck and his privilege.
    — New York Times, 26 June 2018
  • That amounted to three degrees below average, but warm enough so that asking for more might entail a degree of seasonal ingratitude.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Psychology suggests this guilt is not a sign of ingratitude or entitlement.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • In the minds of many Britons, no matter the depth of her personal suffering, Meghan has been tried and convicted of ingratitude.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2021
  • This year establishment centrists have raised ingratitude to a high art since Joe Biden won the election without coattails.
    — Ted Rall, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2020
  • After more than a year of the coronavirus pandemic, help us to combat the pandemic of ingratitude, which blinds us to all kinds of blessings we are surrounded by.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 28 June 2021
  • Lear rages at the ingratitude of his daughters and the crumbling of his regal identity, but these are ultimately stand-ins for a greater antagonist.
    — Paula Marantz Cohen, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2018
  • But envy and ingratitude sell, so Manjoo gets to misrepresent data, twist facts, and sow resentment in the paper of record.
    — Isaac Schorr, National Review, 25 Nov. 2020
  • But if Salieri can only see Mozart’s ingratitude and arrogance, Amadeus strays just far enough from his perspective to paint a fuller portrait.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • There’s a fantastic ingratitude in America toward its artists.
    — Liz Smith, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Equally important is for parents to instruct children to appreciate the damage that ingratitude can cause.
    — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Among the vices of the unforgiving progressive left are envy and intolerance, but perhaps the greatest is ingratitude.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Poison’s story of social ingratitude and cross-cultural helplessness ends the anthology with a jolt.
    — Armond White, National Review, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Seneca was a Roman senator, a philosopher and playwright who acted as tutor to the boy emperor and received nothing but rank ingratitude for his efforts.
    — Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2023
  • To sacrifice this blessing on the altar of socialism would be an act of enormous vandalism and incalculable ingratitude.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 13 Feb. 2020
  • But the recent high-profile termination of a Tennessee physician has put a spotlight on how often this dedication is met with ingratitude — or worse.
    — Editorial Board, Star Tribune, 16 July 2021
  • The president* throws a nutty over Gorsuch’s towering ingratitude.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Despite the fulminating royal statement, every Thai knows that no one can beat the king himself for ingratitude, misbehaviour and disloyalty.
    — The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Yet ingratitude toward America is central to the Left’s worldview — further reinforcing the unhappiness of its adherents.
    — Dennis Prager, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018
  • In the same chapter, Wu also explains and apologizes for her reaction to the Fresh Off the Boat season 5 renewal renewal, writing that her outburst stemmed from her own trauma on the set, not from ingratitude.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2022
  • This is an appearance unbecoming a public institution and, considering Jurich’s many achievements, indicative of ingratitude.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Dissatisfaction isn’t rudeness or ingratitude.
    — David Williamson, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026

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