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Example sentences for: thankful

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In looking back at 1998 and forward to the new millennium, we can be thankful that these are prosperous times for Indiana.
At least I can be thankful that I'm reading this for free in Slate, rather than paying big bucks for the wisdom of these international consultants.
The thankful Jews, those who are still alive, will then become Christians and live happily ever after.
An old friend of mine who worked on the Guardian maintains that we ought to be thankful that Arthur Mee's Children's Newspaper is no longer with us.
But risking holiday sentimentality (with the ready-made excuse that it's just the chestnut stuffing talking), I'd like to mention some things I'm thankful for, like Tim Carvell's two (!) responses involving pushing people or poultry out of airplanes; Jennifer Miller's two (!) bits of self-revelation about her dark and ferocious inner life and apartment; Larry Amaros' determination that the Olsen twins wander parched and frightened, not merely in the Serengeti but during the dry season.