gracefully

Example Sentences

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Live pictures showed the capsule push gracefully away, homeward bound.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Splitting time between two homes — one “in the deep Valley” and another in Malibu — Marx these days appears intent on aging gracefully.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

Since this is Rubio’s baby, perhaps he gracefully took a backseat.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026

"If you age naturally, people say you should do more; if you get work done, you're accused of not aging gracefully enough," she added.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

His voice trailed off, and she thought, Either he is beginning to tell me something extremely important, or he is killing time until this conversation can gracefully be ended.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson