thankful
adjective
feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
thankfulness
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a word derived from
thankful.
Example Sentences
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All I felt was relief and thankfulness for them being so brave.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Their end-of-year reflections had been displayed side by side with the prisoners’ jars on the tree: a shared message of thankfulness and hope displayed for everyone who took part or who bothered to look.
From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2025
Tolstoy took it a step further: You can infer from his work that he thought the moments in which we feel the greatest thankfulness are those in which we are most noble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Soon a list of traits inspired by Kobe Bryant was carefully printed on a piece of yellow note paper taped to his wall, ideals like humility, unity, discipline, thankfulness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2023
From these instructions they were summoned by the arrival of the coach; and with many speeches of thankfulness on Mr. Collins’s side and as many bows on Sir William’s they departed.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
