Sentence examples similar to gracious prompting from inspiring English sources
Wanting to change the stiff arrangement of guests watching the performers from such remove, Hannah and Andrew got up and stood so that they were directly in front of Abby and Chris; that gracious gesture prompted a group of family members and other guests to do the same, and the looser vibe prompted a dozen or more to engage in that carefree state of half-dancing, half-swaying wedding revelry.
And after Ms. Amaro won, he didn't have to be prompted to be gracious.
The oldest of them, the Domhof, bears an inscription from 1574 and, carved into a wooden beam, the words, "O Lord, Have Mercy on Us, and Be Gracious". This entreaty was probably prompted by the many fires that swept the city in the Middle Ages.
It was a shocking moment, and host Chris Matthews, who has his own misogyny problems, barely acknowledged it until prompted by the ever-gracious Bob Herbert, at which point Matthews muttered something about "crossing the line" and "gender".
Service was prompt and gracious.
