Sentence examples for gracious forms from inspiring English sources

O.K., I was peeking at New York's oddest sports couple through a door window, but the labored acquisition of information beyond the box score (and even there, be skeptical, very skeptical, when it tells you the game was sold out) at Dolan's Garden of Hedonism occasionally calls for less gracious forms of snooping.

The key word here is "no," in any of its more gracious forms, as in, "Oh, I'm so sorry, I have another [fill in the blank] at that time, but thank you so much for asking".

Looking sharp in shades, and with the appearance of a brass section proving that this band is at least trying to be more adventurous than Oasis, Gallagher is in good, gracious form.

In characteristically gracious form, they tucked in a wedding gift for my husband and me.

It's advertised as a "more gracious, elegant" form of travel and promises a "sequence of unforgettable moments".

This is a very happy introduction to the building, and it calls attention to another fact — the generally intelligent and gracious use of curved forms throughout the building.

As if by magic, the mouth, instead of being extended in counterfeit bliss, or contracting into an anxious grin, would form a gracious round..

Colours were gay and bright, and the emphasis for both sexes was on an elegant, natural human form with a gracious ease of movement.

Most owners are gracious and appreciative, and often we form a real bond over our mutual affinity for their pet.

The sense of a gracious order is also present in the forms of Crawford's poems.

His greeting comes in the form of a namaskar, a gracious supplicant bow, and his speech is pitched just above a gentle whisper.