How To Use Graciously In A Sentence
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On November 29 -- without the fanfare graciously displayed at the MFA -- the Met received from Italy a kylix (drinking cup) from 560 to 550 B.C., which will be on loan to the museum until November 2010.
Italy versus the Illicit Trade
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Fortunately, after some disagreement I was allowed (most graciously!) to pay off the amount in installments over the next 12 months.
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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
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Fortunately, after some disagreement I was allowed (most graciously!) to pay off the amount in installments over the next 12 months.
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It is not enough for me to explore, to retreat graciously into the dust and floorboards of those exotic places.
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Nor do they return the cheery wave of the locals who have graciously made way.
Times, Sunday Times
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Taking the argument to a highly respectable theologian, she won her point (‘'tis I that must be confuted,’ he conceded graciously).
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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.
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This is nothing short of God hearing a child's prayer and graciously giving him his heart's desire.
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Finally, the collagist has graciously hidden APOD's 10th anniversary Vermeer photomontage to help honor APOD on its 15th anniversary tomorrow.
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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
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This way he can graciously spurn your offer, while feeling reassured that you are not just taking advantage of him.
Times, Sunday Times
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she asked ungraciously, and then looked away from him at Hunter without waiting for a reply.
THE ANCIENT AND SOLITARY REIGN
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She graciously shares the copious details from her performances and collaborations with renowned directors, conductors and famed prima donnas and primo dons.
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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
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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)
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`I wouldn't want you to break a promise," grunted Dog ungraciously.
THE ONLY GAME
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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
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To Pastor Wheaton, who graciously consented to assume responsibility for my body, I appreciate your humbleness and willingness to help this sinner.
Miracles, Inc.
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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
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Nor do they return the cheery wave of the locals who have graciously made way.
Times, Sunday Times
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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
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His wife was shaking a customer's hand and laughing graciously, before gently scolding the children.
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Lydia wore her favorite blue dress, one from Maude's trunk, which Joscelyn had graciously altered to fit her.
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Would it seem conceited to accept a compliment graciously, to acknowledge that there may actually be something praiseworthy about me?
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I also got extra points for using homemade blackberry jelly so graciously offered by a coworker.
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My grandmother did attend, appropriately corsaged, and we have photos of her sitting in one of the plastic chairs graciously visiting with guests.
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When it was challenged, we had no hesitation in withdrawing it and offering our unreserved apologies which were graciously accepted.
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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
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We must graciously serve one another in equally humble ways.
Christianity Today
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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?
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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.
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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
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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.
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Smiling graciously, I took off my shoes and put on slippers.
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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
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She also very graciously assisted in the awards presentation that was done around the pool on the Saturday evening.
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The Conservatives were confident of victory but the line of red votes inched out in front and Miss Ellison conceded defeat graciously.
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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.
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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
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Ungraciously and ungently, with blow and curse, they haled me forth, and I faced Captain Jamie and
Chapter 4
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Did you get out the nephridium?" he said as graciously as he could.
Love and Mr. Lewisham
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I immediately contacted the author, MICHAEL CULLEN -- his email addy is [email protected] -- and he graciously gave me permission to "cull" his article and run it on Kibbles & Bits.
BUTTERCUP AND THE SALEM WITCH HUNTS
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The bookish historian now accepts it, reluctantly and ungraciously enough.
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He graciously acceded to our request.
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In the immediate aftermath of a 1-0 home defeat, he then ungraciously criticised Liverpool's tactics in ‘just kicking the ball forward and hoping to get a break’.
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In _additum_, he graciously accepted my invitation to ascend to the drawing-room, where I introduced him freely to several select lady boarders as my _alter ego_ and _Fidus Achates_.
Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.
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“Did you get out the nephridium?” he said as graciously as he could.
Love and Mr Lewisham
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She graciously accepted our invitation.
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We must graciously serve one another in equally humble ways.
Christianity Today
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Accept it graciously If you receive an item as a gift you will need proof of purchase and sometimes the card that was used to pay.
The Sun
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Adrina, draped over the chaise in her morning room, graciously granted him an audience.
TREASON KEEP
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We must graciously serve one another in equally humble ways.
Christianity Today
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She wears twinsets and pearls, smiles graciously and says very little.
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And so I graciously stepped aside and allowed Mary Pat Glennon, brown-nosing Goody Two-Shoes that she was, to volunteer, thereby increasing her negatives for the next election cycle.
My One-Term Presidency
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Patinkin subtly and graciously showcases Lupone throughout, giving himself goofier turns a la "I Won't Dance.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin"
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Yet he graciously forgave Le Gros and thanked him for his apology—though he also added somewhat testily, “I think both Mary and I do know a genuine fossil when we see one and can distinguish a pongid ape from a hominid without any difficulty.”
Ancestral Passions
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I graciously accepted the rosette and belt buckle, thanking the ring steward as I rode out and the applause trickled down.
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When I told the earl somewhat more about thy qualities and disposings, and when I spoke of thy desire to serve him, and the letter of which thou art the bearer, his black brows smoothed mighty graciously, and he bade me tell thee to come to him this afternoon, and he would judge of thee with his own eyes and ears.
The Last of the Barons — Complete
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Up until recently, the GAA graciously laid on complimentary rolls, baps, sandwiches, cakes, buns and biscuits, along with hot and cold drinks for all working press staff.
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We must graciously serve one another in equally humble ways.
Christianity Today
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You could have dug a bit deeper,' suggested Pascoe ungraciously.
CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
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They immediately broke out into smiles, shook my hands and graciously complimented me on my command of the language!
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With his usual aplomb he accepted the package graciously and set off on his motorbike for the party.
Times, Sunday Times
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In former epistolary scribblements, I gave you the concatenation of concomitant circumstances initiatory to my transmigration to this remote section of the occidental portions of our columbian republican coadunation," Seneker wrote, graciously supplying alternate, more familiar words, in an opposite column to help the reader along.
MPNnow Home RSS
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Your pardon, sir," added Wellmere, very ungraciously proceeding to lay aside his coat, and exhibit what he called a wounded arm.
The Spy
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He nodded graciously to that stately half - Hawaiian lady.
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When things are going well for them politically, they are unbearably arrogant, shoving it in everyone's faces, ungraciously lording it over all concerned.
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All the while, Adam was politely giving autographs and smiling graciously to the fans and admirers.
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Graciously he offered to drive us to Simon's he was classmates with Simon back in the day at shule ya msingi.
Car saga continued
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I implore God to graciously aid Me in this, for unto such as beseech Him, He is the All-Bounteous, and of those who show mercy, He is the Most
Gems of Divine Mysteries
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Sometimes he put the studs in their place - forcefully but also graciously and inspirationally.
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Most pastors graciously welcome these couples as good people, even though their official church teaching may condemn this cohabitation as fornication, a damnable sin.
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Better to'make yourself human' by giving vent to the full wail of the human condition than to bear the thing graciously and not make a fuss.
Times, Sunday Times
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I ungraciously chucked in all the books I no longer needed and slammed my locker shut.
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Rather ungraciously he complained about this new son of his.
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She said they all had a good laugh when according to Page Six of the Post the celebrities they were mimicking were sighted having a quiet dinner at an out-of-the-way spot and graciously signing autographs.
I’ll Walk Alone
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Market tolerance does not always require total visual perfection and graciously allows for a small range of error.
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Would he ascend to heaven or drop ungraciously to hell?
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She has done this aging thing graciously despite this preclusion.
Danielle Cavallucci: Beauty, Botox and Delving Deeper: Sip Through A Straw I Say!
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He knew that his daughter had made great strides in social elevation, and that her children, when he had seen them last, had been quite like "gentlefolk's children;" but to see this young princess step forth graciously out of a first-class carriage, and address him as "grandpapa," took away his breath.
Phoebe, Junior
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Our job as worship leaders is graciously to prepare the way.
Christianity Today
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Members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons came to kiss her hand and were graciously received as the heralds proclaimed her in the streets.
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The actor added graciously: 'I wish him well.
The Sun
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The first time I used it, it ungraciously bent at the handle and the entire pan of pasta that I'd just poured in got dumped into the sink.
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Charles conceded that he would be free, and graciously accepted the invitation.
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However, my speech would ungraciously make little reference to where the true credit lay, and, when I unveiled the plaque, it bore my name and not my predecessors.
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he did not have a chance to grow up graciously
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Now, Mozilla will have graciously recorded your entire http and ftp download history, so we'll need to deal with that.
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Jane leaned back graciously in her chair, after the manner of her favorite heroines, losing in height and gaining in breadth; never before had she felt so amplitudinous, so imperial.
With the Procession
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Once again I realized my way was not working .... so I reapplied and was graciously reaccepted.
Planet Atheism
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Blogging Tory: "By graciously sacrificing his government in order to show how the leftists will stoop to ANYTHING in their mad quest for power, and leaving the recession to be blamed on THEM, harper has once again performed a double triple-axle summersault pirouette of a humdinger of a ... blah, blah, blah.
Oh, for fuck's sake, Stephen!
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Why indeed would Mr Francis leap so ungraciously at distortions and seek (albeit unsuccessfully) to damage my career and undermine my livelihood?
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Bart Potenza (who graciously provided a recipe for my new, soon-to-be-released cookbook) and Joy Pierson (Board Chair of NYCHSF), owners of the famous Candle Cafe and Candle 79 in NYC are two of these many people who are helping to make a huge difference!
Meg Wolff: Advocating for Healthy Food in NY Schools
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It rather ungraciously destroyed a program developed by the agency for a light, agile tank with a high-velocity 75 mm gun.
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Society under the name of the 'Royal Academy of Arts in London,' graciously declaring himself the patron, protector, and supporter thereof, and commanding it should be established under the forms and regulations thereinafter set forth, which had been humbly laid before his Majesty, and had received his royal assent and approbation.
Art in England Notes and Studies
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He smiles graciously when we meet, but with all we hear about the wickedness of the French, Grammont has shown me greater respect than I have had from any one of the so-called gallants about the court.
The Touchstone of Fortune
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Nearly every time we stepped on the elevator, a Southern belle would graciously compliment a lady on her outfit.
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This is when he graciously grants himself permission to empty a shopping bag full of cheap plastic sunglasses onto the table in front of me.
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The powdered wigs and monocles glimmered as I made a smile upon my face, nodding as the finest wealth of the continent graciously accepted what the cart had to offer.
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Not that you can't step to her - for instance I often tell her she needs a good shtupping, which I will graciously provide - but she is La Belle Dame Sans Souci Du Blog and you are going to have to treat her as not-just-any-old-blogger if you want to be happy and longevous here.
Meghan McCain: "Sarah Palin is the only part of the campaign that I won’t comment on publicly."
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They thanked him for the references he had supplied, and graciously he acknowledged their thankfulness though he could not remember any assistance; was this a problem?
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The ballerina has to behave as graciously and confidently as her partner.
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The ballerina has to behave as graciously and confidently as her partner.
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Nor do they return the cheery wave of the locals who have graciously made way.
Times, Sunday Times
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When things are going well for them politically, they are unbearably arrogant, shoving it in everyone's faces, ungraciously lording it over all concerned.
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Our job as worship leaders is graciously to prepare the way.
Christianity Today
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Hospitality at the Presidential guest house was graciously declined.
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Al Gore could graciously concede, and leave for a new career in touch football.
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Those who knew him saw in him a first-class brain tout court and a graciously unassuming man.
Times, Sunday Times
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"Then you will graciously endorse the document with your sigil," said the woman.
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And the housemother said quite graciously, ‘Well, Virginia, you have a choice.’
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She smiled graciously and said, ‘I mustn't keep you’ and she was gone.
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If you purchase three or more books and point out some dilapidation in one, a discount may graciously be awarded.
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Muttering something about "pickpockets" and "hold-ups," he ferreted around in his pocket and brought out a single coin, which he dropped ungraciously into the insistent cap.
The Primrose Ring
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And then, having explicitly disinvited me, he graciously allows me to pick up the tab in the form of my taxes.
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That then was Philip Sidney, called the peerless one of his age; and perhaps no Englishman ever lived more graciously or, having used life, made a better end.
II. The Practice of Writing
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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.
XXXIII. Of Plantations
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But - herein lies the rub - you may not pick and choose which forms of life you will graciously patronise.
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The actor added graciously: 'I wish him well.
The Sun
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That these massive gentlemen do not understand that in 1804 the term conveyed notions of sexual perversion is hardly their fault, but the filmmakers rather ungraciously set them up to make the error and entirely omit the point for viewers.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
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We must graciously serve one another in equally humble ways.
Christianity Today
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His large snout sniffed at the air, and he bowed graciously, his large ears flopping.
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Accept it graciously If you receive an item as a gift you will need proof of purchase and sometimes the card that was used to pay.
The Sun
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This paper would not have been possible without the assistance of the late Gordon R Bennett, who graciously examined blood smears for hematozoa.
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However, if we supply the panim of v. 6 as object, the resultant expression "take or accept the face" means "to receive graciously,", a meaning found also 32: 21.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1
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As soon as the monarch had graciously accepted her hospitable gift, his domestics lifted a small silver table to a convenient height, as he sat on horseback; and Attila, when he had touched the goblet with his lips, again saluted the wife of Onegesius, and continued his march.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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We must graciously serve one another in equally humble ways.
Christianity Today
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She graciously accepted my apology.
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For large families then was the in-thing, the norm; no woman can graciously accept being barren.
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God will deal tenderly and graciously in covenanting with them; and will be not only as good as his word, but better; and, as he will be just in keeping covenant with them, so he will be merciful in keeping them in the covenant.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
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We must graciously serve one another in equally humble ways.
Christianity Today
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They're not for everyone: "Feel free to leave," Ms. Kipnis graciously proposes, "if this is not your story-you for whom long-term coupledom is a source of optimism and renewal, not emotional anesthesia.
Adultery Finds Witty Champion, Domestic Coupledom Takes a Hit
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The monarch, who will bear the title Mary I of Ireland, graciously saluted subjects who gathered to hail their new queen outside Dublin Castle.
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Better to'make yourself human' by giving vent to the full wail of the human condition than to bear the thing graciously and not make a fuss.
Times, Sunday Times
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Our responsibility as the thinking-doubting faithful is to live graciously out of the Christian tradition without absolutizing it.
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The actor added graciously: 'I wish him well.
The Sun
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This way he can graciously spurn your offer, while feeling reassured that you are not just taking advantage of him.
Times, Sunday Times
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But some of the traditional families are still in residence, aristocratic hosts who graciously receive paying guests and sit them down to dinner amongst the family silver.
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Thus did God graciously provide for the keeping up of religion among them, and that they might have the word nigh them; yet, blessed be God, we, under the gospel, have it yet nigher, not only
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther)
