gracious

How To Use gracious In A Sentence

• There are teams that help other teams, even though in the finals they may be competing against one another, it's what we call gracious professionalism which is a core value," said Brig. KITV.com - Local New
• This was gracious of him and also provoked an unexpected conspiratorial mirth between the interviewer and interviewee. Times, Sunday Times
• Racing teaches people to be gracious losers. Times, Sunday Times
• This was gracious of him and also provoked an unexpected conspiratorial mirth between the interviewer and interviewee. Times, Sunday Times
• As an afterthought, the red-headed girl suddenly added, ‘Good gracious, that Adam Weatherly is such a coxcomb.’
• THE CHRISTMASES OF QUEEN VICTORIA have been kept with much bountifulness, but after the gracious manner of a Christian Queen who cares more for the welfare of her beloved subjects than for ostentatious display. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
• To finish the portrait, the bearing of the gracious Duncan was brief, bluff, and consequential, and the upward turn of his short copper-coloured nose indicated that he was somewhat addicted to wrath and usquebaugh. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
• Fortunately, after some disagreement I was allowed (most graciously!) to pay off the amount in installments over the next 12 months.
• Given the ungraciousness of this approach, the response from Sargent was on the lower end of the nuclear scale.
• It was the elder son, he said, who just could not accept the generosity and graciousness of his father in welcoming back a lost and wayward brother.