Sentence examples for more gracious when from inspiring English sources

Somehow she always seems more gracious when she loses than when she wins, and this time is no different as she says to Azarenka: "It was an honour to play against you.

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, a man not known for second-guessing his own pronouncements, acknowledged this week that he could have been more gracious when his own task force on police-community relations presented him with a final report that he found wanting.

This is a conference room lined with metal file cabinets and graced with memorabilia like a framed lock of Liszt's hair; a beige doorman's hat bearing the Steinway & Sons insignia, dating from more gracious days when businesses employed doormen; and a fire helmet with the Steinway name, from the 1890's, when the Astoria factory had its own fire company.

Generally speaking, Southerners are nicer than Northerners; they're more pleasant, less hurried, less brusque and considerably more gracious, even when their jobs don't entail catering to paying guests.

You should volunteer because you really feel like making a difference, and you will see how much more gracious you become when you see all of the challenges that other people had to face to be where they are.

As you see, he is far more gracious than the average New Yorker when it comes to saying fuhgeddaboudit.

"They couldn't have been more gracious," he said, before adding that when he and his wife, Virginia, were married, in 1965, the reception, at the St . Regis Hotel was gate-crashed, in a welcome way, by Salvador Dali, as perhaps all weddings were in 1965.

Utah fans were more gracious in the Lakers' second visit, cheering when Fisher was introduced, but the boos started again during the game and the postseason should only add to the hostility.

And when late-comers entered the venue, she found time to greet and seat them... doing a more gracious job, mid-speech, than I had done when it was my sole responsibility.

He was 80 then, but Martin couldn't have been more gracious, more charming, more witty or more engaging – even when several of those in the room looked on in stony silence when the tour guide asked, "Does anyone have any questions?" "Only a couple of thousand," was the thought that sprang to mind.

They also include the usually more gracious Portia (Patsy Ferran) and even the judge presiding over Shylock's case when it's brought to court.