They had not within them the suffocating weight of a desire ungratified, the stifling sense of a power unused.
"To-morrow?"
Victoria Cross
I could prove to you by one medical authority after another, that if the desire of a woman in marriage is roused, and then left ungratified, the result is nervous strain, and in the long run it may be nervous breakdown."
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
Lady Ormstork looked deeply grateful; indeed, as though a load of ungratified longing had been lifted from her shoulders; while Miss Buffkin seemed, from one cause or another, highly amused.
"A Poached Peerage"
William Magnay