How to Use grateful in a Sentence

grateful

adjective
  • I'm grateful to you for your help.
  • He's grateful for the attention.
  • The college sent us a grateful acknowledgment of our donation.
  • He was so blown away and so grateful.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
  • And am deeply grateful for the love.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Apr. 2026
  • And am deeply grateful for the love.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
  • And am deeply grateful for the love.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Very grateful to have called him a good friend.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Very grateful and can't wait to get to work!
    — EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • There’s that word again, grateful.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • So very grateful to God for all of it!
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • These past six months have been a time to grieve and a time to be grateful.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 10 Nov. 2022
  • But there has been a lot in the past few days to be glad and grateful for.
    — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Well, one of the things that's on the top of my list is to be grateful.
    — Bryn Elise Sandberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Our girl is settling in and so grateful.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Just be grateful to put this uniform on.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Someone else will be grateful for the new clothes.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Going to bed with a full heart and so much to be grateful for.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Some hated that part of the job and were grateful for the change.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
  • There are small things to be grateful for, even with nasty weather.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2021
  • The doting mom couldn't be more grateful.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • And these deputies are supposed to risk their lives for you and be grateful?
    — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 June 2018
  • Part of her was grateful to know that there was still movement in the case.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Still, her eldest is grateful that things weren’t worse.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
  • So, yeah, very grateful for those people.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 12 June 2026
  • So grateful for moments like these.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • If ever there's been a year to be grateful for it, it's been this one.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Richard is grateful for the support.
    — David Begnaud, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • But this fall, both are grateful for the growth over the last couple of decades.
    — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2022
  • And new home owners are grateful.
    — Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025

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