thankful
adjective
thank·ful
ˈthaŋk-fəl 
1
: conscious of benefit received
for what we are about to receive make us truly thankful
2
: expressive of thanks
thankful service
3
: well pleased : glad
was thankful that it didn't rain
thankfulness
noun
Examples of thankful in a Sentence
Everyone was thankful to hear the good news.
we were thankful that someone else was footing the bill for the lavish wedding banquet
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Jane Lacroix, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
To those of us who have devoted our lives and taken risks for non-violence, those in complicity with decisions to cut library funding and remove books should be thankful.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2025
Sheriff's deputy ‘thankful’ for opportunity to serve in ‘the greatest country in the world’
Edgar Vasquez Silva, a Mississippi sheriff's deputy, came to the U.S. as a 3-year-old from Mexico with his mother and is a DACA recipient looking to become a full-fledged patrol deputy and citizen.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Trump and Vice President JD Vance accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of being insufficiently thankful for U.S. financial and military support during a meeting in the Oval Office in March.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for thankful
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“Thankful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thankful. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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thankful
adjective
thank·ful
ˈthaŋk-fəl
: feeling or showing thanks
thankfully
adverb
-fə-lē
thankfulness
noun
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