Sentence examples for the gracie from inspiring English sources
proper noun
A diminutive of the female given name Grace.
For a novice, or even for an expert, this can be overwhelming; it's not necessarily clear what to learn, or why, nor is it always obvious that modern-day jujitsu is the qualitative advance over the Gracie style that the Gracie style was over judo.
Carlos alone bore 21 children, and the Gracie family tree has more branches than Chase Manhattan Bank.
The siblings garnered attention by issuing the "Gracie Challenge" in area newspapers, proclaiming in advertisements: "If you want a broken arm, or rib, contact Carlos Gracie".
She also appeared on her own as a scatterbrained detective in The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) and Mr. and Mrs. North (1941).
The fruit began to move south, to Rio and São Paulo, in the eighties, through the vector of the Gracie family, a famous martial-arts clan whose roots were in the Amazon.
MMA first came to the attention of many in North America after the Gracie family decided to showcase its trademark Brazilian jujitsu in the United States in the 1990s.
Lisa Wexler is the Gracie-Award winning creator of The Lisa Wexler Show, a talk radio show.
In addition, The Alliance for Women in Media, sponsors of the Gracie Award, named after Gracie Allen, has honored DR. PHIL four times.
She was also barred from the Gracie Mansion grounds.
Ms. Nathan was also barred from the Gracie Mansion grounds.
Johnson did not have to leave a cage at the Gracie academy.
