be gracious

Example Sentences

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"But I have to also be gracious, thank Jesse. I don't want to get used to it but I have to take it on the chin. It was more like, please, celebrate after the whistle."

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025

Dan Bifano is in a hurry, but it’s in his nature to be gracious, so he keeps his countenance serene even though gnarly traffic on the Pacific Coast Highway has made his visitors very late.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025

“If it looks like what’s gonna happen happens, I do hope everybody can be gracious and magnanimous,” Ford said.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2024

With James primed to set a new scoring standard any game now, Abdul-Jabbar has promised to be gracious and enthusiastic when it happens, and James figures to react accordingly.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023

‘I must return now to my duty at the gate. Farewell! And may the Lord of the Mark be gracious to you!’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien