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.
If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them, with trifles and gingles, but use them justly and graciously, with sufficient guard nevertheless; and do not win their favor, by helping them to invade their enemies, but for their defence it is not amiss; and send oft of them, over to the country that plants, that they may see a better condition than their own, and commend it when they return. The Essays
an ungracious industrial city
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
De Vos was famous around Berkeley for what he labeled his free-wheeling extra-curricular "bootleg" seminars-which he held in the little WWII vintage green bungalow across from Kroeber Hall-as well as in his gracious Berkeley Hills home. Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco : The Fox
In fact, that ungraciousness was what led to the birth of this young magician.
Good gracious, the war ended 63 years ago. Times, Sunday Times
Fortunately, after some disagreement I was allowed (most graciously!) to pay off the amount in installments over the next 12 months.
In many ways we have fallen into a similar pattern of disobedience, and need the gracious intervention of God to deliver us from spiritual and moral decay.
It is not enough for me to explore, to retreat graciously into the dust and floorboards of those exotic places.
A very great affection to God and his favour; for, in the time of trouble, that which he complains of most feelingly is God's withdrawing his gracious presence (v. 1): "Why standest thou afar off, as one unconcerned in the indignities done to thy name and the injuries done to the people? Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
Nor do they return the cheery wave of the locals who have graciously made way. Times, Sunday Times
gracious living
He was such a gracious host, it was remarked that in another life he might have run a great hotel.
In the most gracious way, he declined. Times, Sunday Times
And Sir George Grey will advise the grant of Her Majesty's gracious pardon
It is a world of gracious living, Old World culture, and haute cuisine, as ageless as Brigitte Bardot or Catherine Deneuve.
In this fairly ungracious position (the view up my shorts for the bloke on the exercise bike opposite can't have been too nice) I started to do sit-ups.
But probably God's foreknowledge of His own people means His "peculiar, gracious, complacency in them," while His "predestinating" or Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Taking the argument to a highly respectable theologian, she won her point (‘'tis I that must be confuted,’ he conceded graciously).
May the Lord graciously grant us this holy faith and the love for Christ that rises from it - a love that is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, constraining us to lean on him alone.
The queen was gracious enough to invite us.
With refurbishment, this property has the potential to become a stylish and gracious home.
Perhaps someone could offer a reasonable explanation - not just a lame excuse - for this apparent cold, ungracious, disrespectful conduct and lapse in basic good manners?
This is nothing short of God hearing a child's prayer and graciously giving him his heart's desire.
God is angry with them, and contends with them, and they are full of that only, and take no notice of his wise and gracious designs in afflicting them, never enquire wherefore he contends with them, and therefore nothing appears in them but anger at Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
They are a fine side and you have to be gracious in defeat. Times, Sunday Times
Yet he speaks to you in a kind, gracious, encouraging way. Times, Sunday Times
Within three days Reverend Thorn approached one of the most gracious villages ever to have developed in America: the tree-lined, white-clapboarded, well-gabled village of Walpole, near the Connecticut River in southwestern New Hampshire. Hawaii
Finally, the collagist has graciously hidden APOD's 10th anniversary Vermeer photomontage to help honor APOD on its 15th anniversary tomorrow.
To their credit they never gave up trying and were equally gracious in defeat as in victory.
As an asseverative = _so_: swā mē Higelāc sīe ... mōdes blīðe (_so be Higelac gracious-minded to me! Beowulf
Mr Powell was described by Lord Wilson as "ungracious" for writing about him. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Apart from not altogether gracious thoughts of wires failing and certain people going home wearing a carbon-fibre overcoat. Times, Sunday Times
He was so beautiful and gracious -- with such a light in his eyes -- and I thought -- oh, I _thought_ we were so happy! The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus
From the BBC Comedy show, ‘Goodness Gracious Me’, comes the word chuddies, meaning underpants.
So soone as Dioneus had ended his Novell, Madame Lauretta also knew, that the conclusion of her Regiment was come; whereupon, when the counsell of Canigiano had past with generall commendation, and the wit of Salabetto no lesse applauded, for fitting it with such an effectuall prosecution; shee tooke the Crowne of Laurell from her owne head, and set it upon Madame Aimilliaes, speaking graciously in this manner. The Decameron
She closed with a gracious speech of thanks.
He was quite gracious and signed books leaving weird little messages in each of our tomes.
I was a most ungracious hostess but then I was a most unwilling one. THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND
Pleasant, courteous and gracious, Noreen was devoted to her family and friends.
This way he can graciously spurn your offer, while feeling reassured that you are not just taking advantage of him. Times, Sunday Times
she asked ungraciously, and then looked away from him at Hunter without waiting for a reply. THE ANCIENT AND SOLITARY REIGN
She graciously shares the copious details from her performances and collaborations with renowned directors, conductors and famed prima donnas and primo dons.
And he's got to be a magnanimous, gracious loser to help bring the country together.
The reception hall with mahogany woodblock floor leads to a gracious drawing room with windows on three sides overlooking the well-tended gardens.
But the new thing unfolded is that the covenant is to continue in force graciously also for his descendants "for generations" -- literally "for their generations" -- as a berith ` olam. Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1
Radio silence can end now: I managed to successfully move flats on the weekend and am now ensconced chez the gracious Meg and Paul in W14.
Behold how gracious and beneficent smiles the roseate morn!
A pleasant, courteous and gracious lady, Vera was highly thought of by all in the community.
But the ungenerousness of my conduct towards my master -- one who never treated me with aught but kindness and confidence -- the ungracious return I have made for all his bounties is a source of regret which the judgment of the law cannot repair. Trials and Confessions of Madison Henderson, alias Blanchard, Alfred Amos Warrick, James W. Seward, and Charles Brown, Murderers of Jesse Baker and Jacob Weaver, as Given by Themselves; and a Likeness of Each, Taken in Jail Shortly after Their Arrest.
All these she studied long and carefully, while the dancing glow of the firelight played over the child's delicate flesh, and it extended its little arms in the pleasant warmth, holding them up, as in act of adoration, towards those gracious unseen presences, still, apparently, hovering above the flood of instreaming sunshine against the ceiling overhead. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
His mild manner, gentle graciousness, and total dedication to mathematics leave an indelible impression on all who have gotten to know him.
David, in straits, had humbly and earnestly begged mercy of God, and God had heard him, that is, had graciously accepted his prayer, taken cognizance of his case, and granted him an answer of peace. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
Ken Cole, has been the soul of gracious hospitality and his girlfriend, Katie Moulthrop (a formidably bright and well-formed young Catholic) has been squiring me around everywhere and feeding me yummy meals.
`I wouldn't want you to break a promise," grunted Dog ungraciously. THE ONLY GAME
The reception area percolates with noise from clients and children as most of them cool off on the gracious leather furniture that flanks the big-screen TV.
City of grandiose and elegant façades, the gracious arcades of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuelle, here the Milanese mix their cool pragmatism with a love of the good life.
The valley was unsurveyed for the most part, and the Indians naturally felt a sort of proprietorship in it, and when Wilson drove his cattle down into the valley and "squatted," the chief, Drifting Crane, welcomed him as a host might to an abundant feast whose hospitality was presumed upon, but who felt the need of sustaining his reputation as a host, and submitted graciously. Drifting Crane
Oh, re: Obama's response -- there is nothing ungracious or unclassy about simply saying a VP choice is premature ... and I'm running for President. Bill Clinton: Hillary-Obama Ticket Would Be "Almost Unstoppable Force"
Had you not been so ungracious when you were rightly called on the carpet for your plagiarism, perhaps you would have gotten a more gracious acceptance of your current admission that you wrong.
I laughed outright because his voice was so gracious and aristocratic.
With senior board members receiving massive pay hikes for 2003, it was rather ungracious of management to expect the workers to go without a pay rise.
He disembarks and smiles so cutely at me, conveying both graciousness and modesty (OK, it was a dream).
Beatrice's apology was more gracious, and she was visibly discomfited by her father's manner.
To Pastor Wheaton, who graciously consented to assume responsibility for my body, I appreciate your humbleness and willingness to help this sinner. Miracles, Inc.
After the war, both ships were refitted and returned to luxurious civilian service, playing gracious host to everybody who was somebody - from European royalty to Hollywood stars.
The Christian principle of gracious forgiveness is, then, a good one, but it is extremely difficult for Christians themselves to observe it.
In the first place, the film depicts some imaginary breed of gracious and principled gangsters.
This was a sacrifice of expiation; and the reason why he was allowed to offer it on Mount Moriah was partly in gracious consideration to his fear of repairing to Gibeon (1Ch 21: 29, 30), and partly in anticipation of the removal of the tabernacle and the erection of the temple there (2Ch 3: 1). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
He could be very tender and gracious, but often seemed tone-deaf to the amenities and dishonesties that make human relations tolerable. Thoughts on setting out to read the collected correspondence of the poets Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop
He turned on chief executives with alarming regularity and would often speak for just a few minutes before heading for the door, leaving embarrassed party officials to try to explain away his ungracious behaviour.
Others sail under the aegis of brave men and women who have graciously allowed NotPropR to fly their burgee beneath their own. Measure R Dodges Another Bullet
We will do thee no upright, O my son, nor wrong thee in aught; but our object is that thou bend thy gracious steps with me to my mistress, to receive her answer and return in weal and safety: and thou shalt have a handsome present as one who bringeth good news. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
There prosperous new managers live in gracious homes with neatly manicured gardens.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has called pensions "mere gratuities springing from the appreciation and graciousness of the state. Pension Benefits For Current Employees Could Face Legal Challenges
There he stood apart and in repose, and yet, by his mere look, lured the man in gray from his story, much as, by its graciousness of bearing, some full-leaved elm, alone in a meadow, lures the noon sickleman to throw down his sheaves, and come and apply for the alms of its shade. The Confidence-Man
Campbell called Hagen a friend and described him as a supportive, gracious and generous man. Winnipeg Sun
Nor do they return the cheery wave of the locals who have graciously made way. Times, Sunday Times
But there it is, so please don't force me to be ungracious to you by trying to insist that you're different and that an exception should be made for you.
Suitors are so distasted with delays and abuses, that plain dealing, in denying to deal in suits at first, and reporting the success barely, and in challenging no more thanks than one hath deserved, is grown not only honorable, but also gracious. The Essays
With indoor space enough to accommodate little more than a beer and wine bar, a rotating spigot and some of the most delectable rotisserie chickens this side of the Rio Grande, the former gas station transformed into Cajun-Latino grillery has seating that spills graciously into its driveway. The Minnesota Daily - mndaily.com
There, most of the families we knew lived in houses like the one on Rowland Road: gracious, sprawling, one-or-two-storeyed bungalows in red or white or cream brick, the louvred window shutters painted in green or blue. Archive 2006-04-01
It would be stupid, which is far worse than ungracious, not to acknowledge that the prime minister has just completed the two most impressive weeks of his political career.
His wife was shaking a customer's hand and laughing graciously, before gently scolding the children.
Heaven has already been sufficiently gracious to me by your hands, in redeeming me from my cruelest enemy: and for the rest, I put my trust in the same overruling Providence. The Scottish Chiefs
He was not a “president stiff and small,” as Mike described him in Newsweek, and the clear, manful, and gracious tone that comes across in all of those post-9/11 speeches was not some invention of the speechwriters. Present at the Creation
A hotel as famous for its colonial traditions and gracious lifestyle as for its modern amenities.
Be gracious and thankful you had an excuse to make a "videoblog", to tell his business with YOU, ugh. Dlisted - Be Very Afraid
But really, they've been so ungracious about the whole thing!
Now he displayed toward the Englishman and the Scot a kind of eery, distant graciousness. Foes
She's been so sweet and generous and gracious to me.
The name is not Iroquois -- yet it may be, too -- a soft, gracious trisyllable stolen from the Lenape. The Reckoning
All we can do now is watch it all unfold and be gracious hosts. Times, Sunday Times
A letter of M. Henrie Lane to M. Richard Hakluit, concerning the first ambassage to our most gracious Queene Elizabeth from the The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
Kathleen Dunbar showed up after all, but her behavior was reported as "ungracious" by those that were there. Archive 2005-12-01
I will never forget his graciousness and helpfulness.
The gracious God allowed Adam and Eve to live, though he banished them from the Garden of Eden.
Wallace returned a gracious reply to this speech; and turning to Bruce, said, "This knight is my friend; and though from peculiar circumstances neither of us choose to disclose our names during our journey, yet, whatever they may be, I trust you will confide in the word of one whom you have honored by the address you have now made, and believe that his friend is not unworthy the hospitalities of him who was once king of Scots. The Scottish Chiefs
But the ungenerousness of my conduct towards my master -- one who never treated me with aught but kindness and confidence -- the ungracious return I have made for all his bounties is a source of regret which the judgment of the law cannot repair. Trials and Confessions of Madison Henderson, alias Blanchard, Alfred Amos Warrick, James W. Seward, and Charles Brown, Murderers of Jesse Baker and Jacob Weaver, as Given by Themselves; and a Likeness of Each, Taken in Jail Shortly after Their Arrest.
Lydia wore her favorite blue dress, one from Maude's trunk, which Joscelyn had graciously altered to fit her.
The ballroom's lofty wood-panelled ceiling and tall seaward windows evoke another more gracious age.
She only offered a gracious giggle before kneeling down to gather nearby sticks and branches for firewood.
She closed with a gracious speech of thanks.
Let me understand one of your conclusions, root and all, and all in all, and such is the gracious plan of oneness in the branching and leafage and uptowering, that I must know and name the tree. The Kempton-Wace Letters
In benignant and gracious conduct he was to be as a "luminary" (_phôstêr_), moving calm and bright in the dark hemisphere of the world. Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians
Would it seem conceited to accept a compliment graciously, to acknowledge that there may actually be something praiseworthy about me?
All we can do now is watch it all unfold and be gracious hosts. Times, Sunday Times
He conducted himself in a gracious manner.
I also got extra points for using homemade blackberry jelly so graciously offered by a coworker.
If it be left to the spoil and sackage of common persons, if the love and service of so many nations be despised, so great riches and so mighty an empire refused; I hope her Majesty will yet take my humble desire and my labour therein in gracious part, which, if it had not been in respect of her Highness future honour and riches, could have laid hands on and ransomed many of the kings and caciqui of the country, and have had a reasonable proportion of gold for their redemption. Dedication
There is, indeed, no gracious influence from above, no illapse of light, life, love, or grace upon our hearts, but proceedeth in such a dispensation. Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost
The enclosed entrance porch has a mosaic tiled floor and leads to a gracious entrance hall with wooden floorboards, a dado rail, ornate cornicing and a centrepiece.
Nevertheless, his widow, the gracious Princess Lom was at the Royal Varuna Yacht Club last weekend, to place the Prince's imprimatur on the championship.
If it be left to the spoil and sackage of common persons, if the love and service of so many nations be despised, so great riches and so mighty an empire refused; I hope her Majesty will yet take my humble desire and my labour therein in gracious part, which, if it had not been in respect of her Highness 'future honour and riches, could have laid hands on and ransomed many of the kings and caciqui of the country, and have had a reasonable proportion of gold for their redemption. The Discovery of Guiana
My grandmother did attend, appropriately corsaged, and we have photos of her sitting in one of the plastic chairs graciously visiting with guests.
When it was challenged, we had no hesitation in withdrawing it and offering our unreserved apologies which were graciously accepted.
It may seem ungracious to describe Galway's loss to Mayo in the Connacht under-21 football semi-final in Castlebar last Wednesday as a flop.
It was enacted that the places of worship, and public lands, which had been confiscated, should be restored to the church, without dispute, without delay, and without expense; and this severe injunction was accompanied with a gracious promise, that if any of the purchasers had paid a fair and adequate price, they should be indemnified from the Imperial treasury. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
He rode out the Quemado Road one matchless December day when the very air would have seemed sufficient to produce flowers without calling the ungracious desert into service. Children of the Desert
He has not yet learned how to be gracious in defeat.
Clearly he enjoyed the opportunity to groove with young musicians, and judging by his gracious, charming attitude he was as happy as ever to let a crowd in on the fun.
The fine owner of a lodge at the shoreline was gracious enough to offer an aluminum boat with oars for our use.
Diners have discovered this wonderfully old-fashioned Italian restaurant, which still operates in yesteryear's formal yet friendly European style, delivering unrushed service from a gracious, attentive staff.
His top tip for being a gracious festive host? Times, Sunday Times
While Jesus dwelt among men His glory was manifested in his gracious words and miraculous acts.
This is a gracious and welcoming house with spectacular views over open countryside.
When he lost he was gracious, magnanimous, generous to a fault. The Sun
this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious
He conducted himself in a gracious manner.
In the most gracious way, he declined. Times, Sunday Times
among her many admirable qualities are generosity and graciousness
She is a lovely and gracious woman.
And believe me, Madam (though I do not presume to add those expressions which might rather heighten the offence I fear this letter will give you), that the assurance of your happiness in the choice you have made, and which now no obstacle can oppose, will considerably -- lighten the pain with which I shall long recall my ungracious reply to your communication. Lucretia — Volume 03
Four years have I been espoused to our gracious King, Alban of Mann.
A big ego so utterly ungracious and another big ego, Niki's, that had to swallow that kind of shit.
I regret I cannot greet you properly tonight at the soiree—there are more pressing matters that demand my attention—but as recompense for my disgracious absence, I pray you will accept my invitation to dine tomorrow. The Curse of the Wendigo
He was so incredibly gracious in defeat, heaping praise upon Olson and the Arizona players.
The first occasion was at a big gathering of gauchos when Barboza was asked and graciously consented to sing a _decima_ -- a song or ballad consisting of four ten-line stanzas. Far Away and Long Ago
We must graciously serve one another in equally humble ways. Christianity Today
I'm happy for Morella because she is a gracious lady who provided excellent service for her constituents and was very nice to my daughter when she interned for her.
A pleasant and gracious gentleman, Pat was known for his friendly and helpful nature.
In this world the soul of the regenerate is a gracious soul; and in that world it shall be a glorious one. The Riches of Bunyan
Whereupon Salih arose and, kissing the ground a second time, said, “O King of the Age, my errand is to Allah and the magnanimous liege lord and the valiant lion, the report of whose good qualities the caravans far and near have dispread and whose renown for benefits and beneficence and clemency and graciousness and liberality to all climes and countries hath sped.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The gracious God allowed Adam and Eve to live, though he banished them from the Garden of Eden.
I do make myself believe that you may most uprighteously do a poor wronged lady a merited benefit; redeem your brother from the angry law; do no stain to your own gracious person; and much please the absent Duke, if peradventure 195 he shall ever return to have hearing of this business. Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]
She brings him back, and, after casting two or three gracious glances across the way, which are either intended for us or the potboy (we are not quite certain which), shuts the door, and the hackney – coach stand is again at a standstill. Sketches by Boz
If someone hands you a box of chocolates and you graciously take one into your mouth and you realize you hate the flavor, what do you do?
Gardiner later responded by branding Pallett "ungracious" and a "really silly little girl". All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
O my dear Lady G.! said Emily, as we followed the meek-eyed goddess of wisdom [such her air, her manner, her amiableness, seemed in my thought, at that time, to make her], never, never, was such graciousness! Sir Charles Grandison
When tunes are piped in, it is always at a gracious, unintrusive volume, and it is invariably tasteful jazz or even classical.
He was as magnanimous in victory afterwards as he is always gracious in defeat. Times, Sunday Times
She was extremely suspicious, but gracious, delighted to find so many bright and conversant women interested in meeting her.
It does not seem very gracious for contemporary science to dismiss astrology.
It would be safer, perhaps, to let the suspicion rest upon that gentleman's memory, of having indulged his own benevolent disposition in this disguise, than to suppose it possible that so scanty and reluctant a benefaction was the sole mark of attention accorded by a "gracious Prince and Master Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02
Graciously the Lord spared him for a further five years, during which he sought to witness to his family and show them the way of salvation.
O Almighty God and gracious Father of men and angels, who openest thy hand and fillest all things living with plenty; and hast provided for thy servant sufficient to satisfy all my needs: teach me to use thy creatures soberly and temperately, that I may not with loads of meat and drink make the temptations of my enemy to prevail upon me, or my spirit unapt for the performance of my duty, or my body healthless, or my affections sensual and unholy. Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew
Michael saw it as characteristic of Miss Laudon's graciousness to repay her friend's loyalty in this way.
She was supposed to receive her party's nomination in a gracious way. Times, Sunday Times
He was not even gracious enough to apologise and did not do so until some time later when it became expedient, in terms of his public image, to offer a grudging and less than grovelling apology.
` ` I do not know, '' replied the gracious Duncan, ` ` what her practices or postures are, but I pelieve that if the poys take hould on her to duck her in the Clachan purn, it will be a very sorry practice --- and I pelieve, moreover, that if I come in thirdsman among you at the kirk-sessions, you will be all in a tamn'd pad posture indeed. '' The Heart of Mid-Lothian
As it is, he graciously apologized and I failed at acknowledging that apology in unambiguous terms. Apologies : Kenneth Goldsmith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
I dizzily pull off my boxer shorts, lose balance and crash into the shower door, which graciously opens and grants me entry into the shower.
So he obeys, and is criticised for his ungraciousness in the next day's newspapers. Times, Sunday Times
Smiling graciously, I took off my shoes and put on slippers.
He had his days of disappointment too, but he was equally gracious and magnanimous in both victory and defeat.
Fabrics embellished with elegant cuts, graceful falls and rich hues to gracious and sober tones are those best suited for the special occasions.
My sister, the gracious hostess that she is, asks if they would like to stay for dinner.
They stood beside her, large, serene people, murmuring graciously and gently inclining their handsome heads as they gave their hands to the guests; and even the youngest and most ebullient of these took on a hushed mannerliness with a closer approach to the bower. Alice Adams
A big ego so utterly ungracious and another big ego, Niki's, that had to swallow that kind of shit.
As you hike up through the gracious park, dotted with palaces turned museums, crickets chirr in the plane trees and pines.
That people are consistently gracious always comes as a pleasant surprise. The Times Literary Supplement
She also very graciously assisted in the awards presentation that was done around the pool on the Saturday evening.
Sometimes you have to be gracious in defeat and he could have won them the game if he scored his chances. The Sun
When he lost he was gracious, magnanimous, generous to a fault. The Sun
And then, just ere our hands met, a twinkle of -- oh -- such distant and controlled geniality quickened the many tiny wrinkles in the corner of the eyes; the clear blue of the eyes was suffused by an almost colourful warmth; the face, too, seemed similarly to suffuse; the thin lips, harsh-set the instant before, were as gracious as Bernhardt's when she moulds sound into speech. CHAPTER I
Thus earnestly does a gracious soul desire communion with God, thus impatient is it in the want of that communion, so impossible does it find it to be satisfied with any thing short of that communion, and so insatiable is it in taking the pleasures of that communion when the opportunity of it returns, still thirsting after the full enjoyment of him in the heavenly kingdom. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
Here is a room designed for comfort, yet gracious and formal enough for hosting even the most important parties.
She explains, still gracious though with a slight sneer to her smiling nature this time.
Even though I was being super polite and friendly and gracious, and not at all sneaky, they have yet to get back to me.
In Nanxuzhou Pearl came close to taking the conventional missionary view that pictured Chinese people not as individuals but as a menacing, faceless horde, morally obnoxious and numerically overwhelming: “hard-featured, envious, curious, unsympathetic and ungracious,” as the head of U.S. Presbyterian Missions put it on a tour of the Yangtse basin, “they flock to a foreigner and close him in, like ants to a piece of bread.” PEARL BUCK IN CHINA
The Government make commitments in the Gracious Speech in which there is no substance.
The Conservatives were confident of victory but the line of red votes inched out in front and Miss Ellison conceded defeat graciously.
Given the classy surroundings and gracious service, these prices are a steal.
They included sixteen endearing young students from the ballet school whose gracious performance of the Polish interlude was delightful.
Gracious as he was in congratulating the actors who were nominated alongside him - as well as some who weren't - he saved his most effusive thanks for his wife, Robin Wright Penn.
Garten the writer is a gracious hostess whose love of food and company is infectious.
She's a dance and drama teacher at a Catholic high school, and aspires to age graciously without selling out to the complacent middle class.
tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
It was of these luxuries that Margaret was especially fond; and her grandmother, with an instinct that those tastes of Margaret's proved her indeed a lady -- and made it impossible that she should marry, or even think of marrying, "foolishly" -- had been most graciously generous in gratifying them. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel
At the table we are nourished by Christ's gracious presence in bread and wine.

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