generousness

Example Sentences

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“He wasn’t lamenting his own situation so much as he was listening to the stories of other people. That speaks to a generousness he had as a person.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2021

Now when I see all my fellow dancers reflected in the mirror around me, I see not how harmonious our movements are, but how their slight frames magnify the generousness of my own.

From The Guardian • May 28, 2018

His answers illuminate the importance of the current results and put them into a broader context, and also demonstrate his generousness as a scholar and dad.

From Scientific American • Sep. 16, 2011

This generousness on his part is hurtful to his fellow-laborers, for it compels them to an equal generousness which is not to their liking, and which gives them less of food and shelter. 

From War of the Classes by London, Jack

Noel wanted to very much; but I don't think it was altogether for generousness, but because he wanted to see how the sluices opened.

From The Wouldbegoods by Nesbit, E. (Edith)