gracious
Example Sentences
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"We thought 'oh gracious, we're responsible for that'," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
“Markets aren’t typically so gracious as to offer multiple opportunities, which is why we have encouraged investors to be early,” he said.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
And though the primary was frequently ugly, Crockett was gracious enough to quickly concede and endorse Talarico.
From Slate • Mar. 7, 2026
“The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
The embalmers hadn’t gotten her lips right—the gracious smile she’d worn like an iron mask had been stripped away.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing gracious
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The Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
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