Sentence examples for magnanimous for from inspiring English sources

They portray a ruler unusually magnanimous for his age, cultured, and witty, with an adventurous spirit and an acute eye for natural beauty.

Joan thereupon called on Alfonso V the Magnanimous of Aragon for aid, adopting him as her heir.

For all Richie McCaw's magnanimous praise for the victors, his team were barely recognisable from the side which had previously been unbeaten for 20 Tests.

Here he invokes a fantasy liberalism in which the judicial system is a constant and magnanimous corrective for a social and economic structure that forces good people (impoverished 87-year-old grandmothers for instance) to do imprudent and felonious things (armed robbery for instance).

This was indeed a magnanimous gesture for peace on the part of the U.S. president.

But that hasn't stopped dozens of big brands and their ad agencies from opening special LGBT divisions, giving lofty titles to employees and touting their magnanimous support for the community.

I consider it my duty plainly to declare before you and the whole world, that our respect for Her Majesty the Queen of England, for the government of Her Majesty, and for the English Nation, has never been greater than at this time, when we are enabled to show you a proof of England's noble and magnanimous love for right and justice".

A FEW weeks ago, the editors of Vogue responded to the unfolding global economic crisis with a gesture that was both practical and, for Vogue, magnanimous: a gift guide for its December issue in which all of the featured goodies cost less than $500.

It was founded in 1527 by Philip the Magnanimous of Hesse as a state institution for the support and dissemination of Lutheranism.

His countrymen may not share his magnanimous view but, for now, it doesn't matter.

Masipa is perhaps a truly magnanimous human being for still believing he was incapable of being abusive.