How To Use Grace In A Sentence

  • 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
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  • Designed with grace and precision by Portuguese architect Bak Gordon, this modern home located in the heart of Pousos, is all about smooth and simple design that draws from the modern architecture principles of using simple cubical structures. How To Create a Minimalist Home
  • The American troops come home in disgrace and the American military is taunted and ridiculed by the American media, global media, Islamic terrorists, and the moonbats here and aborad. Sound Politics: What It Means
  • I thought the snippety interaction between RDJ and Paltrow was one of the best things about this one, and the saving grace of the first. Iron man 2
  • 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
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  • It scales brilliantly, degrades gracefully, supports optional categories and ‘beaming,’ and is configurable to an unlimited number of options.
  • Grace was crouched in front of a small wisp of a girl.
  • That most people walk in an ungraceful, ungainly and awkward manner with a forward inclination of the body does not mean that it is the normal way of walking.
  • The film is not attempting poignant comments on reality - it aims at grace and good humour.
  • However, the mutilation of the monuments indicate that she had fallen from grace.
  • Every now and then a graceful movement of his left arm through the air preceded his entry into the music, as though he were offering a cue to an imaginary force.
  • Sue is hard and resilient and, though she is the film's embodiment of civilization in much the way Grace Kelly is High Noon's, she's neither frightened nor morally repulsed when violence erupts.
  • It was accounted an immodest thing for women to dishevel and unloose their hair publicly: The priest unlooseth the hairs of the women suspected of adultery, when she was to be tried by the bitter water, which was done for greater disgrace. From the Talmud and Hebraica
  • He didn't even have the grace to look embarrassed.
  • She shaped the space with graceful curves, amended the soil with compost, and installed drip irrigation.
  • SNOW (voice-over): With his wife Silda by his side, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, the man once known as Mr. Clean, addressed his fall from grace. CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2008
  • The fashion-forward actress, who graces the FROW of countless fashion events, showed off her trim figure in a form-fitting number.
  • Dori, Roger, Grace, and Grant all sat in the lounge area they had been directed to by the unsmiling woman with the tight bun on top of her head.
  • She'll approach the perfume counter boldly, spray her ample poitrine and graceful, swanlike neck until it's glistening like a freshly dunked donut and writhe in olfactory ecstasy. What to Give for Christmas to the Over-Applier?
  • This our last answer we send unto hir with the Lord Ruthven and Laird of Pittarrow; requiring of hir Grace, in plane wordis, to signifie unto us what houpe we myeht have of hir favouris toward the outsetting of religioun. The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)
  • The tall graceful form of a woman appeared at the top of the stairs.
  • Nobody can even put an exact figure on the number of children who have been excluded, which is a disgrace in itself.
  • The biggest of the ringing bells is three tonnes and an arresting sight as it gracefully arcs round, even if we can't hear it to its full capacity thanks to our bright red ear protectors.
  • Conclusion: Gracefully exit your essay by making a quick wrap-up sentence, and then end on some memorable thought, perhaps a quotation, or an interesting twist of logic, or some call to action.
  • It was a driveway that narrowed at the road, then widened as gracefully as stemware.
  • It is a national disgrace for the country that pioneered IVF. The Sun
  • It is unknown to men of noble mind; it does not lead to heaven; on earth it causes disgrace, O Arjuna. THE DICE MAN
  • Huntington welterweight Glenn Banks is set to grace the international stage when he flies to Copenhagen at the end of the month.
  • Of course we accept his apologies with every grace.
  • Zilkha did however produce a graceful match of polka dots and floral patterns in drop-waist dresses which will make for a very wearable ensemble when the sun comes back next spring.
  • In this sense, mercy can be thought of as the opposite of grace, or perhaps more correctly - the inverse.
  • 'By gar,' he says, ''tis a disgrace to th' mim'ries iv thim devoted dead who died f'r their counthry, 'he says. Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen
  • One rubber-tyred option was prematurely discarded by a now-disgraced former mayor as not developed enough, even though the cost would have been half that of lrt. Canada Line delivers a smooth ride « Stephen Rees's blog
  • But a gracefully minimal style of puppetry is also used to enhance the action. Times, Sunday Times
  • He seemed to regard it as a stigma which he bore with what grace he could. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
  • He was selected on the team of Centenary announced five years ago and is regarded as one of the finest footballers ever to grace the Gaelic fields.
  • Another satisfying feature of these sandals is their looks… the active sandals unlike many others appear graceful and go with almost all the casuals.
  • As such daily refit their bodily strength till they reach Jerusalem, so the spiritual worshipper is daily supplied with spiritual strength by God's grace till he appears before God in heaven. appeareth ... Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • Brother Luke will say grace.
  • But it cannot be denied that, in his endeavors to harmonize universal grace with the fact that not all, but some only, are saved, Melanchthon repudiated the monergism of Luther, espoused and defended the powers of free will in spiritual matters, and thought, argued, spoke, and wrote in terms of synergism. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Napoleon, the greatest of all generals, dismissed and disgraced Admiral Bruix when he questioned an order to sail his fleet.
  • But the poem appears to commend long-suffering endurance and to suggest that mourners may be silently visited by Divine Grace.
  • His conduct since then - culminating in this piece of drek - is an absolute disgrace.
  • The saving grace of the past few days has been my preoccupation with a new geeky toy, a DVD recorder.
  • By his grace, we will follow the sound of the megaphone back to childlike longings for him and for home. Christianity Today
  • It is a truism of Catholic thinking that grace builds on nature.
  • 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.
  • Despite the disgrace and humiliation which eventually befell him, he never wavered from his beliefs.
  • Nay, I know that you shall not find him in Mansoul, for he is departed and gone; yea, and gone for the faults of the elders, and for that they rewarded his grace with unsufferable unkindness. The Holy War
  • Passenger jets often look deceptively slow and graceful as they cruise over the clouds.
  • Langorous horns, ticking guitars and muted keyboards have been added, sketching out long, graceful arcs of melody over the bubbling rhythms.
  • The gift of the grace of God," may mean the gracious gift, i.e. the gift due to the grace of God; or, the gift which is the grace of God; so that the charis, grace, as Paul often calls his apostleship, is the thing given. A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians
  • We have no low buffoonery in the former, such as disgraces Enobarbus, and is hardly redeemed by his affecting catastrophe. The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 05
  • He is beautifully made with graceful horns, a slinky, prism-like tail, and playful, though mocking and feral, eyes.
  • I'm sure Dido will be so good for you -- all that vivacity -- so different from poor Grace who was prone to melancholy. ULTIMATE PRIZES
  • Backgrounds of boudoir pink, persimmon, lilac and aqua combine with the calligraphic grace of his fleshy figures in images of stylized elegance.
  • Instantly a dozen knowing eyes were fixed on it, and a buzz of voices was heard; and soon Gerard saw the prior point more than once, and the monk came back, looking as proud as Punch, with a savoury crustade ryal, or game pie gravied and spiced, for Gerard, and a silver grace cup full of rich pimentum. The Cloister and the Hearth
  • Its seamless curve swept across the canyon and imbedded itself in each side, a gigantic but somehow graceful intrusion.
  • An article providing for a one-year grace period was not debated in the pell-mell final day of the legislative session.
  • There was one truly disgraceful performance of the day which oughtn't pass without comment.
  • The competitors will be judged by a stellar panel made up of mezzo-sopranos Teresa Berganza and Marilyn Horne, soprano Grace Bumbry, tenor Jon Vickers, basses Cesare Siepi and Joseph Rouleau and musicologist Gilles Cantagrel.
  • She circled back and settled gracefully to earth at the spot where the trampling began. A Time of War
  • You're graceful, poised, tactful and exude quite a refined, princess-like presence.
  • However, even the wisdom of a political boss is not infallible, and despite the succulent graces of the barbecue numbers of the ascetic and jeans-clad elder worthies, though fed to repletion, collogued unhappily together among the ox-teams and canvas-hooded wagons on the slope, commenting sourly on the frivolity of the dance. Una Of The Hill Country 1911
  • Her father was a quiet man with graceful manners.
  • He might have had the grace to say he was sorry!
  • All was coloured with admiration of his beauty and grace, and mingled with boundless pity for their sad overclouding and defeature! Thomas Wingfold, Curate
  • Graceful re-establishment of session without losing data after connection is unexpectedly lost.
  • This is a realistic story about two people who meet as strangers and remain that way, told with an elegant, refined grace.
  • ` ` The style of his Grace (to say nothing here of his thought, of which others have spoken words of admiration certainly not too strong) often runs into poetry; and it has everywhere that indescribable not-too-muchness which is always the cachet of high-class work. '' Ginx's Baby. His Birth and other Misfortunes: A Satire
  • I fancy she entertains an 'arriere' idea of proposing her flawless niece Gracey, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
  • Martin Luther and John Calvin, was that the Church had largely abandoned the Augustinian doctrine of Grace. Augustine vs. Pelagius Part Two - Grace, Salvation, and Redemption | Heretical Ideas Magazine
  • In a related discussion on Slashdot, solprovider points out that ICANN's new policy may also put an end to what Network Solutions describes as "domain kiting," where several (possibly related) companies keep passing domain registrations from one to the next by taking advantage of the free grace period, effectively preventing the domains from ever being available to the public. Is Domain Name Front Running About To Come To An End? - The Consumerist
  • The whole of the business in that country from beginning to end was scandalous and disgraceful. EMPIRES OF THE PLAIN: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon
  • It is a new beginning, but few expect Africa to stride gracefully into the future if the people of Africa must carry the heavy baggage of decades of corruption, conflict and misrule along for the ride.
  • They bring shame and disgrace on the religion. The Sun
  • When she veils her dainty body of the delicatest grace: The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • [339] Actual grace is an illapse of divine influence and assistance, working in and by the soul any spiritual act or duty whatsoever, without any pre-existence unto that act or continuance after it, “God working in us, both to will and to do.” Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost
  • 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
  • Training imparts a sort of grace to their movements and timbre in their voice.
  • The light didn't quite reach the high ceiling where carved figures lurked in the shadows of a graceful groin vault.
  • 'Do you think you'll ever find aught that'll convince his Grace? A TIME OF WAR
  • By putting over against merit theology not grace but covenantal nomism, Sanders [and the NPP] has managed to have a structure that preserves grace in the 'getting in' while preserving works (and frequently some form or other of merit theology) in the 'staying in.' WordPress.com News
  • A half smile graced my lips and my dull blue eyes brightened up.
  • She looked like a graceful winter fairy - a model - a princess - a… he couldn't even find the right words to describe her she was so impossibly beautiful.
  • Admit temporary defeat with good grace, retreat, reconsider and wait.
  • Yet God's all-wise, necessary and patient method of working out this intention in time is through calling individual human beings one-by-one to himself through prevenient grace and election.
  • Were your brain appreciably larger, large enough to put the strain on your Princess Grace neck that your loppy preaxial digits put upon your wrists, you conceivably would possess a superior intellect. Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
  • I look forward to a time when I can serve my country without wondering if history will mark me down as a participant in something disgraceful.
  • We must find him for ourselves a God of grace, mercy, love and power, for that is what he really is.
  • They had been down to the Balesuna making an alligator trap, and, instead of trousers, were clad in lava-lavas that flapped gracefully about their stalwart limbs. Chapter 8
  • Loan terms incorporate details on grace periods, repayment and prepayment.
  • He began to run about in front of her, to turn, to perform grotesque dance movements that were not without some grace.
  • You will be disgraced, fired, and potentially arrested.
  • They are his sheep who hear their Master's voice and follow - pleased to do all his will who saves them and keeps them by his grace.
  • One reason, international carriers say, is they offer frequent-flier perks typically not found with U.S. airlines, such as easier access to lounges and longer grace periods for elite-status qualification. Why 'Free' Tickets Cost So Much
  • Falling to the ground in a graceful crouch was a slender figure, defiantly feminine.
  • He watched her thread her needle again, her slender, graceful fingers never erring despite the inadequate light.
  • He insists that, even though he wears the garlands of victory, he must leave the city of Argos in disgrace and return to the oracle of Apollo in the city of Pytho, also called Delphi.
  • Although the costumes were heavy with ornaments, the performers pulled off the choreographed show with style and grace.
  • She has style, grace and expensive taste in clothes. Times, Sunday Times
  • They lacked the long sleek lines of the local boats that went from tree to sea with such grace, under the shipwright's spell, turning the waves aside like coulters and combines, ploughing and harvesting.
  • Now, in the church age, all cultural activity is part of the common grace arena and is no longer eschatologically oriented.
  • The danseuse's grace emphasised the flavour of Odissi, marked by the bends in the body, neck, knees and waist.
  • Whether crossing rural areas or towns, the scenery was always graceful and neat.
  • So, you know, she's handled all of those situations with such dignity and grace.
  • The other saving grace is that springtime hailstorms usually blow over fairly quickly. Times, Sunday Times
  • Grace brought us some flowers from her garden.
  • Amy had a bower in hers, rather small and earwiggy, but very pretty to look at, with honeysuckle and morning-glories hanging their colored horns and bells in graceful wreaths all over it, tall white lilies, delicate ferns, and as many brilliant, picturesque plants as would consent to blossom there. Little Women
  • This is country style with a grace and lightness that makes a welcome change from the usual heavy stripped pine.
  • Gladly would I grace my tale with decent horror, and therefore I do beseech the "gentle reader" to believe, that if all the _succedanea_ to this mysterious narrative are not in strict keeping, he will ascribe it only to the disgraceful innovations of modern degeneracy upon the sober and dignified habits of our ancestors. Humorous Ghost Stories
  • Nestling next to the ladies of the night were several mustached, glazed-eyed Afghan men who occasionally took unsteady steps onto a makeshift dance floor to bust some surprisingly graceful traditional moves. The Longest War
  • There is no doubt manners and social graces are essential pillars to hold up our society.
  • I am still a sinner, but I can say with assurance that I am a sinner saved by God's grace.
  • Female tennis players often display great feminine grace and appeal and bring a different dimension to the game.
  • We all have the grace to do what you'll ask us to do.
  • Swifts jinked and swooped in the enclosed space with the grace of dolphins.
  • Padre Amaro, the young saving grace reformer, is in actuality a power mad vacuum, able to use a nubile young woman to satisfy his carnal desires as he finks on those within his order who would do the same.
  • The only saving grace for the moment is that mortgage rates are pegged at reasonable levels, thanks to the EU Bank.
  • Under the pleasurable sense of freedom, thanks to the relaxation of the bit, with stately bearing and legs pliantly moving he dashes forward in his pride, in every respect imitating the airs and graces of a horse approaching other horses. On Horsemanship
  • LIKE graceful sculptures of white rising from the sea, these icebergs are an undeniably beautiful sight. The Sun
  • Yet this is not all: they are proud still, and therefore they do not seek unto God (Ps.x. 4), or, if they do cry unto him, therefore he does not give answer, for he hears only the desire of the humble (Ps.x. 17) and delivers those by his providence whom he has first by his grace prepared and made fit for deliverance, which we are not if, under humbling afflictions, our hearts remain unhumbled and our pride unmortified. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
  • The main preparation is the festive meal that follows the Bris, which is accompanied by special blessings during the Grace After Meals.
  • Naturally I had a few moans via videoscreen from the Troi Borg Queen, saying I am a disgrace to the Borg race. Archive 2009-12-01
  • Beneath the city's dense urban forest, low walls of Arroyo Seco stone and clinker brick front brown-shingled homes with porches set under graceful overhangs.
  • The child had the nimbleness of a mountain shepherd, and Prometheus — the grace of an almost-god. FIREBRINGER • by Therese Arkenberg
  • Honorius could remain insensible of the public disgrace, he might perhaps be affected by the personal misfortunes of his generous kinsmen. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
  • She loved the gracefully high ceiling, with its white-painted cornice.
  • The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, sing with subtlety as well as grace, in a CD well worth investigating.
  • He gave a graceful bow to the audience.
  • Flipping unbelievable, the Queen would rob the coffers of schools and hospitals so that her tawdry hangers on and distant relatives don't have to pay their way Grr If they are grace and favour, let the residents of them pay if Her Maj ain't got the dough but bollocks to us paying it, we don't pay our taxes so chinless hooray henries and Chlamydia Camilla's can have a ball at our expense. The Independent - UK RSS Feed
  • They form a graceful pyramid, a strange mix of stasis and implied movement. The Times Literary Supplement
  • This brings a birthday message especially to say how much I love you and you are as young and charming in my calendar as before,and the extra year seems indeed to have improved your looks and grace.
  • Grace ought to be ashamed of herself , hurling herself at that boy so openly.
  • Here, seeing was surely believing, but truly spiritual seeing was itself a miracle, uniquely manifested by divine grace to this holiest of prayerful petitioners.
  • Dark sunglasses graced her face as her black duster jacket swirled in the wind.
  • Michael of michaelcosm. com has once again graced (?) the whole world with an acapulco version of a song. Archive 2003-03-01
  • He enjoyed the best of the Old World's opulence and grace-plays and operas, symphonies and museums, soirées and cotillions.
  • As I walked up Gracechurch Street from Monument that morning I had a quiet ruminate on what I thought I really was doing. WHISTLER IN THE DARK
  • For its bulk, the whale is a graceful swimmer.
  • US officials in particular are anxious that he is not disgraced now.
  • His graceful elocution enchained the senses of his hearers. The Last Man
  • Trusting in her intercession with Christ, who whereas He is the "one mediator of God and men" (1 Timothy ii, 5), chose to make His Mother the advocate of sinners, and the minister and mediatress of grace, as an earnest of heavenly gifts and as a token of Our paternal affection we most lovingly impart the Apostolic Blessing to you, Venerable Brethren, and to all the flock committed to your care. Latest Articles
  • She watched for Mrs. Higgins 'return, and knew that the litheness and grace had not been imagined. CHAPTER III
  • The string playing was sinewy, and tonally integrated, a lovely sound which would not disgrace a professional orchestra; particularly pleasing, bearing in mind that this one includes even first year students.
  • Arrigo was also dark, but his features were outlined by a sort of delicate grace that had evolved from adorable to dreamy as he'd grown up.
  • He sees no reason to stop now I had spent the previous night galumphing gracelessly up and down the village hall of Strathmiglo, in the heart of the Howe of Fife.
  • Painters and sculptors who have seen her graceful performances are said to be simply enraptured with the perfection of her harmony of motion.
  • The saving grace, of course, is the news telecasts.
  • The swimmer was sent home from the Olympics in disgrace.
  • We should never forget that it is possible to be graceful, even classy, under the most intense pressure.
  • Ricciardo loving this Madam Catulla, and using all such means whereby the grace and liking of a Lady might be obtained; found it yet a matter beyond possibility, to compasse the height of his desire: so that many desperate and dangerous resolutions beleagred his braine, seeming so intricate and unlikely to affoord any hopefull yssue, as hee wished for nothing more then death. The Decameron
  • More importantly than the return of Grace Taylor the gymnast was the return of Grace Taylor the person. The Red and Black
  • We didn't have the rackets that impart so much power and that made for better players because stroke elegance, grace and skill played more of a part. Times, Sunday Times
  • He was bad-tempered and graceless in defeat.
  • Although he preferred drink to sex, he had, at least once, in Italy, cheated on Grace, and one does not suppose him to have been pure premarriage. The Romance of Sinclair Lewis
  • His sense of humour was his only saving grace.
  • Yet there were many problems behind the scenes which contributed to the unnecessary friction and helped lead to the final disgraceful scenes. The Sun
  • Oh, How much I miss you! If the passionate refreshing breeze knows my heart, it can tell you that I miss you and care you for my life's time. If graceful white cloud knows my heart, it can tell you I love you and would be together with you forever.
  • He sang out of doors; Rhona said that he was an atheist who kept his eyes open during grace, said by her mother. LOOKING FOR THE SPARK
  • He did not think of philosophic reason either as a mere handmaid to religion or as a dangerous whore out to seduce the mind into supposing that it could attain its supreme end without God's help and grace.
  • Creative leeway has always been granted to those novelists and letter writers who are able to pull off a controversial use of rhetoric with talent and grace.
  • Although I am less than the least of all God's people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.
  • This is the free grace and favour of God towards the man Christ Jesus — predestinating, designing, and taking him into actual union with the person of the Son, without respect unto, or foresight of, any precedent dignity or merit in him, 1 Pet. i. Christologia
  • Inspired by an uninvited muse two days before le jour de l'action de grace, this geezer rolled up his sleeves, cleared a crowded kitchen counter, and proceeded to create deux pain complet weighing at least two pounds each. Potiron - French Word-A-Day
  • D-Ill., for what she called a disgraceful sexist swipe. TheBostonChannel.com - News
  • Grace finished her drink quickly, and changed out of her wet clothes.
  • I believe that war is in Latin called bellum, not by antiphrasis, as some patchers of old rusty Latin would have us to think, because in war there is little beauty to be seen, but absolutely and simply; for that in war appeareth all that is good and graceful, and that by the wars is purged out all manner of wickedness and deformity. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
  • The disgraced minister walked swiftly from the car to his house pursued by a whole posse of reporters.
  • Then Dave Boone and Wally made a stand that roused the perspiring spectators to something like enthusiasm, for Mr. Boone was a mighty "slogger," and Wally had a neat and graceful style that sent the Cunjee supporters into the seventh heaven. Mates at Billabong
  • The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. Aristotle 
  • The story of the universe is a mythic drama of creativity, allurement, relation, and grace.
  • Fortune changes all; and those who discovered the circulation of the blood, the lacteal veins, and the thoracic canal, are the servants of those who have learned what concomitant grace is, and have forgotten it. A Philosophical Dictionary
  • It was a building of singular grace and beauty.
  • Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear. Rumi 
  • This matter was discussed again during a meeting with Uefa after those disgraceful scenes which followed the final whistle. Times, Sunday Times
  • Seated in a large arm-chair, a smoking tumbler of mulled port before him, sat my friend Mike, dressed in my full regimentals, even to the helmet, which, unfortunately however for the effect, he had put on back foremost; a short "dudeen" graced his lip, and the trumpet so frequently alluded to lay near him. Charles O'Malley — Volume 2
  • These days, computers are programmed to acknowledge errors in less than graceful ways when something goes wrong: They flash a brusque error message, telling you that you have goofed.
  • Gracefully asprawl on the ottoman, in an attitude of almost exaggerated repose, was the boy of the woods.
  • The whole of the business in that country from beginning to end was scandalous and disgraceful. EMPIRES OF THE PLAIN: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon
  • That the greatest country on earth is also among the stingiest is a disgrace. Stop me if you think you've heard this one before
  • You have instead brought shame and disgrace. Times, Sunday Times
  • She walks with feline grace.
  • Look on him, Sir, -- do not you guess from that Look, and wrying of his Mouth, that you mistook the Bracelets for Diamond Rings, which he humbly begs, Madam, you would grace with your fair Hand? The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV.
  • Other media, such as pottery, ceramics, bronzes, sculptures and three-dimensional art, grace the gallery's floors.
  • And as we know very well that a lady who is skilled in dancing or singing never can perfect herself without a deal of study in private, and that the song or the minuet which is performed with so much graceful ease in the assembly-room has not been acquired without vast labour and perseverance in private; so it is with the dear creatures who are skilled in coquetting. The Memoires of Barry Lyndon
  • All the colour and grace of the eighteenth century was seen at its best during the dancing of the minuet.
  • The sole saving grace of the film is Jemaine Clement (of Flight of the Conchords fame) as Ronald Chevalier, a pompous author of bad sci-fi novels who is ironically the only character to not reach unbearable levels of annoyingness. This Week in DVD & Blu-ray: 2012, Where the Wild Things Are, Ponyo, and More | /Film
  • Its gracefully arching branches are loaded with clusters of cool pink flowers hinting of lavender.
  • Those who managed to reach Pu'uhonua were graced by Kahuna Pule following a complex redemption ritual after which they were free to return to their village and resume every day life.
  • Then, the DeKalb Nite Weekly invited her to grace their front cover.
  • The disgraced entertainer has chronic flatulence due to his medical problems. The Sun
  • four-o'clock tea" rather blotted out one of the prettiest features of the English tea, that of the graceful garment the _tea gown_. Manners and Social Usages
  • We are saved by God's free grace, through faith in Christ's atoning death and resurrection.
  • Proust memorialized his infatuation with her beauty and social grace in the character of the Duchesse de Guermantes.

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