Sentence examples for graciously trying from inspiring English sources

"I've been kind of graciously trying to say, 'Working on the street just doesn't do it.' " Become a butler.

John Wesley has been graciously trying to tighten our grip on reality by painting extraordinarily odd and funny pictures.

Sharpton is a difficult figure to profile because he is always trying to anticipate his story and graciously trying to arrange his life to fit -- or alter -- the story line.

He graciously tried to explain various legal points about Presidential responsibility that I failed to grasp.

He could be calm and reflective, letting annoyances pass graciously or trying to temper someone else's bad disposition.

It took place on that visit to the Grieg house, where, after explaining to the security guards that I was a music critic for The Times, I was graciously allowed to try the master's piano.

I'd love to take them some day soon to the mecca of basketball and point out the man who never let their daddy score a point, but who graciously let him try.

"Hands Across the Sea," the first, is about a wealthy socialite (radiantly played by Blythe Danner) trying to deal graciously with a visit from a couple she forgot she had invited.

In Vanity Fair last year Mr. Hamill graciously described a new generation of patrons, "trying on their acts, lying and disputing and laughing".

Not for our Tony the hard-working but tepid little wizard Daniel Radcliffe in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," or Jack Bauer (that is, Kiefer Sutherland) graciously manning down in "That Championship Season".

And the pastries, luscious, amazingly intricate, graciously decorated pastries sitting proudly, flaunting their beauty, trying to outshine the perfect little chocolates nestled in rows beside them.