munificent

How To Use munificent In A Sentence

• As an instance of the wild liberality of the age, we are informed, that Henry the "munificent" Count of Champagne, being applied to by a poor gentleman for a portion to enable him to marry his two daughters: his steward remonstrated to him, "that he had given away every thing," "thou _liest_," said Henry, "I have _thee_ left;" so he delivered over the steward to the petitioner, who put him into confinement until he gave him 500 livres, a handsome sum in those days. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 377, June 27, 1829
• It's like extolling the noble sacrifice of Nicaragua's Samoza when he and 3,000 of his friends took in 90% of the country's wealth and earnings and munificently "shouldered" 60% of the taxes that the 4 million Nicaraguans had to caught up. <a href="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/02/obamas-message-is-just-too-depressing.html" title="Obama's message is just too depressing
• From this, you immediately see where the Beeb is coming from: the munificent, caring EU has delivered unto us with wonderful law which protects us – and the sacred environment – from the depredations of irresponsible and polluting car owners. Love is blind
• We know that local councils are strapped for cash but such a munificent gesture from the councillors also seems somewhat improbable! 3 posts from May 2009
• his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
• Who does not desire to be hospitable to his friends, generous to the poor, liberal to all, munificent to his children, and to be himself free from the carking fear which poverty creates?
• He enjoys being munificent on a princely scale.
• A former student has donated a munificent sum of money to the college.
• And who can overlook the munificent healthcare plans union members get?
• Some parties see him as a munificent benefactor, while others regard him as an agent of sloth. THE SCHEME FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT