Sentence examples for not graciously from inspiring English sources

How much more damage might the Yankees have caused themselves if their unprecedented trudging to the finish line was not graciously ended by the calendar on Sunday?

Clearly well into her 70s, maybe 80s, but fighting it tenaciously if not graciously with a screamingly conspicuous jet-black wig restrained from complete disorder by an almost iridescent blue headband.

Little did I know that Lance was dying the death of a thousand cuts and that he would finally admit and come clean -- albeit not graciously -- to years of lying and cheating.

When you finish the piece, you don't look at the audience and smile; you don't graciously bow.

Stuart resigned, although not exactly graciously.

Cage was not just graciously inviting uninterested listeners to leave.

Although, this emotion can be uncomfortable, it provides the tough-love you typically do not accept graciously from others.

From their home in Connecticut, Ogintz travels with her husband, their three children, Matt, Reggie and Melanie, and other young children in the extended family who serve — not always graciously — as Taking the Kids' special team of experts.

"Or if you don't go, graciously decline," said Mrs. Abell, ever the social secretary.

They ruled she had not, and Frankel graciously decided not to be greedy.

On Friday night, Bryant not only talked graciously but joked, if darkly.