magnanimously

Example Sentences

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Daphne and Eddie magnanimously turn the other cheek and then go back to lavishing one another with murmured compliments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

They certainly were not going to drink it now, and so it was magnanimously gifted to the Americans by Jack Warner, president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

He is co-opted by the authorities, who magnanimously offer him the “chance to destroy those dreams of yours, along with any incriminating evidence of them.”

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

It sounds like this man is magnanimously apologizing for somebody else’s misunderstanding — which he should not have to do!

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2020

“To my employer, I leave my best pair of boots,” Bast continued magnanimously.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss