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Lady Ormstork looked deeply grateful; indeed, as though a load of ungratified longing had been lifted from her shoulders; while Miss Buffkin seemed, from one cause or another, highly amused.

From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William

The other was a now half-forgotten ungratified wish—the wish to find the youngster who had done him such service twelve years before.

From The Outspan Tales of South Africa by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir

You need not; there is nothing more difficult than to remain unselfish, which is just another word for "sweet and good," if one never knows what it is to have a wish ungratified.

From Christmas Tree Land by Molesworth, Mrs. (Mary Louisa)

Doubtless the secret fire of a consuming, but as yet ungratified, literary ambition also troubled his repose.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various

So slight an inclination, ungratified, extended to vast dimensions, and possessed her entire.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence