thank
express gratitude or show appreciation to
How often you will meet it
Rank 660 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 28,888 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- express gratitude or show appreciation to also: give thanks
thank in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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You've none to thank for this but yourself and you well know it.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1
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Thank God that so hath blessed thee, And sit down, Robin, and rest thee.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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You're all peaches to take such an interest, and I thank you a lot.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Magnanimous in humor; when the splintering shot fell, “Tooth-picks a-plenty, lads; thank ’em with a shell!”
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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No praise as yours so bravely rewards the singer's skill; Thank God! of maids like Elsie the land has plenty still!
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1