How to Use gracious in a Sentence

gracious

adjective
  • The magazine promotes gracious living.
  • Thank you for your gracious hospitality.
  • The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.
    — Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Deeply touched by the warm and gracious welcome at the White House.
    — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 22 June 2023
  • The street music seemed gracious now to one For weeks up in the desert.
    — Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Putin did his best to be gracious with a nod and a smile.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 14 June 2018
  • And many of you are gracious enough to engage with me in a back-and-forth.
    — Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
  • This is a gracious spot to meet guests, but the house spreads out from there.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2020
  • The church has been gracious over the years to K-9 handlers, said Sgt.
    — Alejandro Barahona, azcentral, 26 Apr. 2018
  • All four have been warm, gracious, and oh so kind to me.
    — Longreads, 2 Jan. 2020
  • What is the kind and gracious approach to show him the error of his ways?
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • Jonathan and his team were all very, very, very gracious.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Not even the Rams were this gracious to St. Louis this early.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 Sep. 2017
  • But make sure to be gracious with yourself along the way.
    — William Arruda, Forbes, 20 June 2021
  • Gautreau is know as a gracious hostess when the club meets at her home.
    — Staff Report, NOLA.com, 18 Aug. 2020
  • That space then leads into a gracious great room and kitchen.
    — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • For four years, he has been composed and gracious and very good to guys like me.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Ryan, for her part, had a gracious response to Sanders.
    — Cady Lang, Time, 14 Dec. 2017
  • First of all, thank you to the Pro Football Hall of Fame for being gracious hosts to us down here.
    — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 15 June 2022
  • The service is sure and gracious, and the food is delicious.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Just be charming and gracious, Camille says, and the rest follows.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 26 Oct. 2020
  • For twins under 12, bringing a present for both of them to share would be a gracious thing to do.
    — Judith Martin, oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2023
  • To the gracious and humble Gehrig, there was only one Babe Ruth.
    — Olive Fellows, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2020
  • The kind and gracious thing would be to end things with him as soon as possible.
    — Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2018
  • An oasis in the desert Few traveled to Arizona in the late 1800’s, but Bartlett was a gracious host.
    — Mary Wakeford, azcentral, 18 July 2019
  • Germany has been gracious enough to show what can go wrong.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2019
  • Thank you to those young students, they’re so gracious.
    — Libby Solomon, baltimoresun.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • And there are a lot of locals that have been just such a blessing and have had such gracious hearts.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 June 2024
  • Durant hasn’t just been great on the court; he’s been equally gracious as an NBA ambassador for nearly two decades.
    — Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
  • In the midst of the Netflix series’ development, Buss and Rambis became frequent and gracious hosts for the writing team, taking the trio on tours of the arena and sitting down to answer hours of questions.
    — Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025

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