Sentence examples for being gracious for from inspiring English sources

You got so tired, she explained, standing on your feet being gracious for ten hours; the ordeal had made her a food addict.

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And teach kids to be gracious for what they do receive.

A lot of commentators heaped praise on John McCain for being "gracious" because he didn't diss Obama for winning the prize.

"Somehow that spiraled into her being very upset at me for not being gracious," said Mr. Farmer, who has a gift for understatement.

And under most circumstances — long travel, bad weather, unexpected wardrobe glitches — China's first bona fide supermodel has a reputation in the industry for being gracious and professional.

After the people in the 007 tribute thanked Sony for "being gracious enough" to make James Bond, as Mr. Affleck put it, he deadpanned: "Universal would kill Paramount for a third of 'James Bond.'" When Warner Brothers agreed to work with Mr. Affleck as a director, "I kind of thought I was being punked," he said.

Senator Padilla was being gracious in his comments for it's not difficult to understand why these legislators would oppose a measure to protect children: their own survival.

Criticized in the past for not being gracious, they went out of their way to credit the vanquished.

It's gracious boilerplate for withdrawing nominees.

He insisted that the crowds had been gracious, asking for autographs and offering encouraging words.