be generous
Example Sentences
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It would be generous to call that fine a slap on the wrist.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
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
With much of the GV70’s content carried over, the product planners could afford to be generous.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
The system is “supposed to be generous and fast and gives a tie to the runner,” he told Carlson.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
The Ashidas were a part of the Holcomb community everyone appreciated—a family likably high-spirited, yet hard-working and neighborly and generous, though they didn’t have much to be generous with.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
