be generous
Example Sentences
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Realizing this helped me clarify my response to the prompt: Money allows me to be generous with my time and resources with the people I care about.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025
Fortunately the finale shamelessly echoes, or, to be generous, pays homage to, the conclusion of “Gypsy,” as Jackie, alone in her palace-again-in-progress, sings an anthem of triumphant defiance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025
Its judgments can be generous or harsh, but they are meant to be heard.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025
“He can be generous, in love with lots of different women, that’s his personal life. But using taxpayers’ money, that is a different story,” she says.
From BBC • May 26, 2024
Fabyan and Gallup had both died in the 1930s, so there was no reason not to be honest about their failures, but the Friedmans were inclined to be generous, too.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
