Sentence examples for gracious opponent from inspiring English sources

In the Passaic County Bar Association's journal, Stavis has recalled two of his encounters with Brennan when he himself represented the employees' union of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Brennan represented its management: "He was a vigorous, overwhelmingly able, and above all gracious opponent.

But he was also famously gracious to opponents who beat him when a hand was especially well played.

In the sweaty aftermath, Tyson was gracious to his opponent and stayed around to browse his own psyche one last time.

McCain was gracious to his opponent — "I wouldn't be an American worthy of the name if I didn't honor Senator Obama and his supporters for their achievement" — and his call to "comfort the afflicted" and "defend the rights of the oppressed" sounded interestingly like a community organizer's job description.

And despite his travails with the city, he sounded surprisingly gracious toward his opponents.

I think it is an awful lot easier to be gracious to your opponents when you've already made your name.

It wouldn't kill the Williams family, from Richard on down, to be a little more gracious to their opponents, but as far as Venus Williams's tennis goes, just hit her the damn ball.

Tonight, a lot of the Clinton Derangement Syndrome (CDS) sufferers are changing their tune, because she proved them wrong with a gracious speech extolling her opponent and basically doing the best thing an opponent can do: Exhorting her supporters to switch to him.

His opponent was gracious in defeat, and acknowledged that his own game had let him down on the night.

Japan's opponents were gracious in defeat.

He managed gracious references to his victorious opponent and the honour of serving the Highlands.