Sentence examples for in gracious from inspiring English sources

Dunlop's moral dyspepsia nearly ended her Chinese food-writing career, but she eventually recovered in gracious, southern Yangzhou.

And yet Michelle Kwan feels a twinge of unfulfillment in her career, forged as much in gracious defeat as in spectacular victory.

In the 1960s — attracted by the village's temperate climate, sheltered bays, pristine water and lush vegetation — top film writers, directors and actors, including Marcello Mastroianni and Alberto Sordi, lived or vacationed here in gracious Art Nouveau-style villas.

Each rules his company -- Mr. Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway, Mr. Greenberg at the American International Group -- with imperial authority, in gracious defiance of the conventions of good corporate government.

A more realistic look at Philadelphia, however, shows it to be a very modern and vigorous city, arising in gracious counterpoint to the deep serenity of an older city that has provided gentle but firm intellectual, economic, and humanitarian direction to the nation at whose birth it played midwife.

Starting out at a measured walk, gesturing to the left and the right in gracious respect for the diverse but balanced strengths of each writer, it suddenly careens forward in a gasping sprint — he can hardly get six words between commas — to cram a volley of praise into what started out as a crisp antithesis.

May I live this day compassionate of heart, clear in word, gracious in awareness, courageous in thought, generous in love.

HUDSON Farm-to-table dining is featured in this gracious Westchester restaurant in Haymount House, a restored 1910 estate with views of the Hudson River.

Ryan Holiday's book Ego Is the Enemy identifies repressing ego as being "humble in our aspirations, gracious in our success, and resilient in our failures".

In characteristically gracious form, they tucked in a wedding gift for my husband and me.

Be magnanimous in victory and gracious in defeat.