Sentence examples for gracious from from inspiring English sources

If he was being gracious from a great height, it was only to imply that he didn't get there by himself.

Yet the Security Council has merely wagged a finger at Mr Hussein's defiance: Iraqis who hinder Unscom's inspectors will now be barred, good gracious, from travelling abroad.

Now, something a little more gracious from those who us who lie considerably higher and dryer is, I think, called for.

Once you have made your point clear to him, be gracious from now on.

EDTA-treated whole blood units from human donors were obtained by gracious contribution from the Florida Blood Services (St . Petersburg FL).

Gracious service from, at present, a slow kitchen.

And all received a gracious welcome from the British music press.

This evening I received a gracious call from the vice president.

"I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain," he said.

The decision by Mr. Powell could just be a gracious delay from a man who served President George W. Bush during wartime.

Ultimately, the 6-foot-4 Russian finished with his familiar fist pump, followed by a gracious departure from Rod Laver Arena.