Sentence examples for less glad from inspiring English sources

A double fault and netted forehand from deep betrayed the Sousa's nerves as he gave up serve in the third game; Murray, one of the fittest players on the Tour and usually not bothered about extended rallies against lesser players, was none the less glad of the gift, aware that there would be stiffer challenges to come.

I'm just a teeny bit less glad that no one on the planet needs to Google Michael Jackson.

I've always thought of myself as entirely unphotogenic, so it's definitely ego-boosting to hear "Great picture!" or (less preferable) "glad you chopped off the mullet!" Friends are also there to listen to your rants - I mean "status updates" - and your raves (SUs again), or when there's no one else to look at the mobile pic of your chiauhaha/goldfish or the raccoons in your backyard.

In addition to being less of a glad-hander than most politicians, Obama is also the first President in a long time to have small children in the White House.

They have little patience with government interference and even less with political glad-handing.

(The bags are made using 6.5 percent less plastic than before, Glad Products executives say, and have what are called reinforcing bands to make the bags stronger).

Justin Fox has an interesting post documenting something I more or less knew, but am glad to see confirmed: People aren't very receptive to evidence if it doesn't come from a member of their cultural community.

The temptation was to brood over Zidane, but others can be glad they received less attention.

One of the Jesuits gave up his coat, another his shirt; they were glad to wear less in the muggy night.

The fire-engine red of our rented jeep screamed "Tourist!" but such eager aid made us feel much less sheepish, and even rather glad to stand out.

Rogers didn't say so, but I'll bet he would have been glad to see less demand for skillful therapists if that meant more people were growing into adulthood having already felt unconditionally accepted.