Example Sentences

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Left conspicuously unthanked: Paramount, the corporation that Colbert has called home for two decades.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2025

Sometimes these people go unthanked, but that doesn’t stop their dedication and sensitivity in doing what they so unselfishly accomplish.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2022

That person tends to be the unthanked Champion - without which the well-run organisation would fail.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2017

It seems hopelessly dinky for the mammoth job at hand, but every bit helps and you know she will not go unthanked.

From The Guardian • Apr. 4, 2017

“Not far. They cross water, but only clever, unthanked Gurgi knows where. And they light fires with fearsome blazings.”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander