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[ US /ˈɡɹeɪs/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɹeɪs/ ]
NOUN
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elegance and beauty of movement or expression
a beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace -
a sense of propriety and consideration for others
a place where the company of others must be accepted with good grace -
a disposition to kindness and compassion
the victor's grace in treating the vanquished -
a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor
The payment had originally been due on April 1 but we had a grace period which expired in June. -
(Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God
God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners
there but for the grace of God go I -
a short prayer of thanks before a meal
their youngest son said grace -
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church
the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin
the Virgin lived in a state of grace
VERB
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make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
Decorate the room for the party
beautify yourself for the special day -
be beautiful to look at
Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
How To Use grace In A Sentence
- Then the pleasant little surprises of all kinds that we imagined; and the pleasant looks that greet us when we condescend to accept them; the patience that can translate our most unwarrantable "crossness", because there has been some trifling difficulty in obtaining the half of a star or the corner of a moon which it had pleased us to require, into "such a good sign of being really better"; and then our appetite (which the gods know is at that season singularly keen), how is it not tempted with unutterable dainties and friande morsels, all sorts of amateur cookery in our behalf, where Love himself has not disdained to turn the spit, and look into the stewpan! and all served up so gracefully on the small tray, covered with its delicate white damask cloth, arraying with more than mortal charms the moulds of crystal jelly and pure-looking blanc mange! Zoe: The History of Two Lives
- Back on the waterfront, the most senior man among Reservists, Major General His Grace the Duke of Westminster, paid a visit to the Royal Naval and Royal Marines Reservists at the Royal Naval HQ Merseyside in Liverpool.
- All was coloured with admiration of his beauty and grace, and mingled with boundless pity for their sad overclouding and defeature! Thomas Wingfold, Curate
- Seek ye then, fair daughters, the possession of that inward grace, whose essence shall permeate and vitalize the affections, adorn the countenance, make mellifluous the voice, and impart a hallowed beauty even to your motions. Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage
- So, you know, she's handled all of those situations with such dignity and grace.
- Whatever you think of Strandlof and the months he masqueraded as a brain-injured veteran, the simple truth two months after his web of lies came apart is that public disgrace seems to have changed him little. Heroes or Villains?
- The arrows indicate the beginning of the grace note figure and the placement of each note in the triplet figure for the left hand.
- After the almost funereal beginning of the first movement, the clarinets introduce a lyric second theme, which is treated in the graceful manner of a siciliana. NPR Topics: News
- Just as she reached the stairs to enter the house, an ugly gelding cantered to a stop and the rotund rider ungracefully dismounted.
- Oh I know, post-lapsarian; I am definitely conscious of my fall from an edenic state of grace! Agatha Christie and Guilt « Tales from the Reading Room
