How to use grateful in a sentence

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• I am enclosing an application form, which I should be grateful if you'd sign and return.From the entry which
• The policeman received the Award of Meritorious Service from his grateful department.From the entry meritorious
• He was grateful for the recognition, even though it was achieved at a price.From the entry at a price
• I grasped his hand and gave it a grateful wring.From the entry wring
• She saved my life, for which I am eternally grateful.From the entry which
• I shall be eternally grateful for your assistance.From the entry eternally
• I was very grateful to my sister who came along with me to the psychologist as moral support.From the entry moral support
• We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!From the entry landfall
• I sat down, grateful for the shade and my hiddenness from the path below.2024, Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley, Atlantic Books (2025), page 19. From the entry hiddenness
• Later, they seemed to forget about me, for which I was grateful.2024, Patricia Santos Marcantonio, Misbehaving at Cactus Lanes, HarperCollins Publisher. From the entry Samwise Gamgee
• We are forever grateful that they extended their hand to us, readmitting us into the global fold.2023 July 6, Annalena Baerbock, “Russia’s war on Ukraine has forced us in Germany to think differently about our role in the world”, in…. From the entry fold
• If nothing else, José Mourinho can be grateful there was no mutiny.2018 August 27, Daniel Taylor, “Lucas Moura double for Spurs deepens gloom at Manchester United”, in The Guardian (London). From the entry milk
• Many of his numerous recordings have been re-digitized, enhanced and re-issued to a grateful public.2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 171. From the entry reissue
• I'm grateful for the three hots and a cot for four weeks.2017, Nancy Price, Blonde Broads, College Station, T.X.: Virtualbookworm Publishing, →ISBN, page 174. From the entry three hots and a cot
• Far from bewailing the existence of mysteries-for-humans, we should be extremely grateful for it.2016, Noam Chomsky, What Kind of Creatures Are We?, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 56. From the entry bewail
• I am grateful that she shares her firsthand accounts and perspectives as a Kanien’kehá:ka woman.2015 July 10, Jessica Deer, “Opinion: Looking back at the Oka Crisis and ahead to the future”, in The Montreal Gazette. From the entry Kanien'kehá:ka
• We sit down, talk about how grateful we are for good health and family, and eat.2012, T. R. Burns [pseudonym; Tricia Rayburn], The Bad Apple (Merits of Mischief; 1), New York, N.Y.: Aladdin, →ISBN, page 209. From the entry thanksgiving
• The grateful mark will not question the grifter's tricky misread or miscount.2011, Richard Margittay, Carnival Games: $10,000,000,000 Hoodwink Racket. From the entry misread
• Ever grateful for his perfect recall, the policeman carefully transcribed Mr.2011, John Jughead Pierson, The Last Temptation of Clarence Odbody, page 3. From the entry ledger
• Warlords leveraged their veteran soldiers to seize living space while the Council races were still grateful.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Krogan: Krogan Rebellions Codex entry. From the entry overlord
• I let them bombard me, grateful for the noisy bleating of their cupboard love.2006, Hilary Lloyd, A Necessary Killing, UKA Press, →ISBN, page 30. From the entry cupboard love
• Very grateful to my mom too, who called right after I MSNed her about the visit.2005 March 5, Min E, “36w5d - baby big & breech”, in misc.kids.pregnancy (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Jul 2026. From the entry MSN
• I'd be very grateful if anyone would take the time to answer these questions.2003 May 9, Torbjörn Svensson Diaz, “Evolutionar Leap in the Tjernobyl Area”, in sci.bio.evolution (Usenet), retrieved 03 Jun 2022. From the entry Tjernobyl
• "I do feel better, I can't help it, and I'm very grateful for it.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things. From the entry cover the waterfront
• I am very grateful for this opportunity to debate the Heathrow to Gatwick helicopter airlink.1985, H.M. Stationery Office, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Commons official report, Volume 97. From the entry airlink
• Now they are all set free, and are grateful to you for the favor."1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC. From the entry bondage
• Still, I am grateful that this Chinamaxxing debate has introduced me to the hilariously absurd logic of an aesthetic defection.2026 February 26, Coco Khan, “Britain and the US, calm down. The gen Z Chinamaxxers will do you no harm”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The…. From the entry Chinamaxxer
• A friend who’s spent decades as an auto mechanic recently confided that he’s grateful to be nearing retirement.2025 February 11, Joshua Stylman, “How to Forge the Spectator Class”, in Brownstone Journal. From the entry module
• In plainer speech: voters are grateful for small mercies.2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times. From the entry Overton window
• The situation with Tommy's parents made me grateful my parents hadn't caught on to my partying that summer.2021, Samantha Durbin, Raver Girl: Coming of Age in the 90s. From the entry rave
• She was so grateful to have a best friend who really understood her, beneath all the floofy fur.2021, Rachel Wenitsky, David Sidorov, Good Dogs with Bad Haircuts, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry floofy
• She knows I like the ones filled with custard rather than red bean, so I’m grateful she got my favorites.2018, Peter Tieryas, Mecha Samurai Empire, New York, N.Y.: Ace, →ISBN. From the entry red bean
• I gritted through a smile, grateful we weren’t Skyping or FaceTime-ing or any other electronic face messaging that was available.2014, Jean Hovey, Stephanie Jones, Tidings of Love: 7 Holiday Romance Novellas, Crimson Romance, →ISBN. From the entry facetime
• Logan) saves a Japanese soldier from a nuclear attack, and the grateful survivor wants to give him his sword.2013 July 25, Chris Knight, “The Wolverine, reviewed: Hugh Jackman gives his best grizzle in lumbering action flick”, in National Post…. From the entry hedge-clippers
• He said he heard from some Sarkees grateful for the jobs and investment that the Barclays had brought to the island.2012 June 27, Simon Bowers, Helen Pidd, The Guardian. From the entry Sarkee
• Many of the Latin markets in Napa Valley also have a food-to-go counter, and I’m so grateful they do.2012 January 24, Jean Doppenberg, Food Lovers' Guide to Napa Valley: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings, Lanham…. From the entry food-to-go
• However grateful I am to discard my frogginess, I wonder: if she's not a Princess, am I really a Prince?2011, A. A. King, The Not-So-Grim Folk Tales, page 228. From the entry frogginess

Meaning of grateful

1. adjective Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
2. adjective Of a thing or (obsolete) person: pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable, pleasant, welcome.

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Questions about grateful in a sentence

How do you use grateful in a sentence?

Grateful is used as an adjective. For example: “I’m grateful that you helped me out.”

What is a short sentence with grateful?

“I’m grateful that you helped me out.”

What does grateful mean?

Grateful means of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.