Sentence examples for be gracious in from inspiring English sources

"Sometimes you've got to be gracious in defeat, even if you don't want to be".

Like Nadal's extreme western grip, or Roger Federer's inability to be gracious in defeat.

4.12pm: Harriet Harman told the parliamentary Labour party this afternoon that Labour had to be "gracious" in defeat.

He also lost the instructions on how to be gracious in defeat, writes Linda Robertson in The Miami Herald after Federer's petulant news conference.

It is easy to be gracious in victory, but Clinton was clearly signalling that she was willing to work toward satisfying Sanders's demand that she and her campaign reach out to the many new voters that he has attracted, and welcome them into the Democratic Party.

We're taught to be gracious in victory, but Devlin can't help but end with a little strut: Perhaps with our help, the folks who fork out $35 for the second edition will get a better product — and scholars of rap will have a better resource to use in their studies.

Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon was gracious in defeat.

Mr. Markowitz was gracious in his gratitude.

Mexico has been gracious in return.

Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich was gracious in victory.

Mourinho was gracious in victory.