Verb (used with object), : Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it. From Dictionary.com.
This remained ungratified, for he never did anything. From Wordnik.com. [Hilda A Story of Calcutta] Reference
I never had a wish ungratified until I was twelve years of age. From Wordnik.com. [Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature] Reference
In this comfortable domain of mine, I let no wish go ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [The Green-Eyed Shwemyethna] Reference
When deprived of that immediate gratification, we feel, well, ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jim Taylor: Disconnectivity Anxiety] Reference
Tourists, with whom I had an ardent, but ungratified longing, to establish. From Wordnik.com. [Pictures from Italy] Reference
But though contented with my lot, I had still one anxious wish ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina] Reference
In all his greeds and lusts man is ever wanting, insatiate and ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [PROBLEM OF EVIL] Reference
Alarmed at beholding the monarch the couple ran away, their desire ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
All their efforts came to naught and their burning desire still remained ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends] Reference
An only child, she was petted to her heart's content, having scarcely a wish ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War] Reference
Wish, in respect of either acquisition or avoidance, if ungratified, becomes a source of pain. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Beholding him ungratified, the Brahmana in the observance of the Unccha vow became thoughtful. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
Virtually no urge, however demented, will go ungratified; practically no boundary will go uncrossed. From Wordnik.com. [badger Diary Entry] Reference
Never having had an ungratified wish, he does not know how to feel for the sorrows of those beneath him. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time] Reference
"Be thankful that such an ambition is ungratified," declares Philip, speaking seriously for the first time. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
My childhood, -- fatherless and motherless, but not unhappy; for no wish was ungratified, no idle whim denied. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860] Reference
But her wish was ungratified; Claire Fromont noticed nothing and lived, as did Risler, in imperturbable serenity. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Nevertheless it remained ungratified until his father made his appearance at the supper-table and broke the seal. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories] Reference
She was glad of distraction, and not ungratified by his allegiance, though without the slightest idea of returning it. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
Stramen, but also in obedience to an elevated generosity that sickened, ungratified, at the sight of obtained revenge. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
Finding her wish ungratified, she fell sick, and the symptoms soon became so alarming, that he (Dr. Grummidge) was called in. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches by Boz] Reference
"And yet who can tell?" exclaimed ungratified curiosity reproachfully, "for the colonel never does anything like other people.". From Wordnik.com. [Working in the Shade Lowly Sowing brings Glorious Reaping] Reference
I shall have no wish ungratified when I can see your trials at an end; and yourself, surrounded by us who love you, happy at last. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
And Susan, who had an ungratified taste for the sensational, looked at the address and smiled to think of the power she possessed. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
For many long months my wishes remained ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I] Reference
Some years passed and her desire for a boy was ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
"He couldn't bear seeing us with the slightest wish ungratified," said. From Wordnik.com. [The Price She Paid] Reference
She went a little reluctantly, with ungratified curiosity, upstairs to. From Wordnik.com. [Wives and Daughters] Reference
When Henderson came, Margaret's world was full; no desire was ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
"Well, I might be something worse," remarked Peter, in a not ungratified tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Road] Reference
We had traversed it and had not seen it, and we left it with our curiosity ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [Holland, v. 1 (of 2)] Reference
Mr. Long found himself obliged to leave, his office ignored, and his curiosity ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People] Reference
Among the Hurons and kindred tribes, disease was frequently ascribed to some hidden wish ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
From what I know of your mother's kindness, I should imagine that no wish of yours has ever remained ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus] Reference
She will be lulled into a state of childish bliss, and go smiling through life, believing she has not a wish ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [Vixen, Volume II.] Reference
In both Noel and Julius's renditions, the title character is never more than an object of gratified or ungratified desire. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
There was a whole world of gratified vanity and ungratified curiosity for her in the presence of this strong man at her elbow. From Wordnik.com. [With Edged Tools] Reference
Dartrey Fenellan bowed to the lady, and she withdrew him, seeing composedly that other and greater ladies had the wish ungratified. From Wordnik.com. [One of Our Conquerors — Complete] Reference
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