Sentence examples for gracious to him from inspiring English sources

But although Nana's parents were nothing but gracious to him, they were never going to fall under his spell.

And now, as far as some of them were concerned, the new president had used his inaugural lectern to give the back of the hand to a predecessor who had been nothing but gracious to him.

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

But, having said that, I must point out that his latest column, written while he's recuperating from brain cancer surgery, shows that while Novak can be exceedingly gracious to people who helped him through his ordeal, especially those on the other side of the political divide, he can still be spiteful and deceptive when it comes to those he doesn't like.

Geoghegan was gracious to the boardroom colleagues replacing him.

He has been more than gracious to Trump, and you gotta love him for it.

He is never anything but gracious to his neighbor Mrs. Dubose, even though she considers him a "nigger-lover".

In June, when Cardoso celebrated his eightieth birthday, Rousseff made public a florid and gracious congratulatory letter to him.

When Welles was only thirty-six, the normally gracious Walter Kerr referred to him as "an international joke, and possibly the youngest living has been".

Gregarious, as gracious to clients and friends as he was demanding to those who worked for him, Rajaratnam controlled 130 employees and $7 billion in assets at the peak.

Always be super gracious to rude people.