Sentence examples for less graciously from inspiring English sources

As is Arjen Robben, though somewhat less graciously.

In some cases the companies have more or less graciously accepted higher taxes.

A former political opponent, Representative Don Young, once put it less graciously: "Captain Zero," Mr. Young called Mr. Parnell.

The hard-hitting all-rounder has taken his punishment less than graciously.

"They are sitting there measuring drapes to your office," Mr. Davis tells his Republican friends, some of whom have reacted less than graciously to his pestering.

The cartoons I'm talking about are the real thing: proper two-dimensional drawings that run and wriggle and bend all over stages that they graciously share with less supple flesh-and-blood co-stars.

(In my defense, I did buy my dad a hand-carved crèche scene from Buenos Aires, which was graciously received, though with less enthusiasm than a tree-ready trinket).

An Avis representative came to my rescue in less than a half hour and graciously said nothing about my culpability in the unfortunate turn of events until the moment we were parting company.

This is an adult cat that, despite the luxurious hair, weighs less than 10 lbs and cooperated graciously for the taking of this picture.

There was not much humour and even less sign that the demonstrators wished to win graciously.

Three time Oscar Winner Sandy Powell graciously acknowledged the designers who do less-showy work on cheaper, contemporary films, who usually go unrewarded.