Wondering how to use Gracious in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as refined or polite.
Gracious meaning
- kind and warmly courteous
- tactful
- compassionate
Synonyms of Gracious
Using Gracious
- The main meaning on this page is: kind and warmly courteous | tactful | compassionate
- Useful related words include: refined, polite, nice, courteous.
- In the example corpus, gracious often appears in combinations such as: gracious and, and gracious, was gracious.
Context around Gracious
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 14 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gracious
- In this selection, "gracious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, overly, typically, enough, wasn and talkative stand out and add context to how "gracious" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include actually quite gracious of him and always been gracious to anyone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gracious" sits close to words such as abiy, afghans and asa, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gracious
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His reply was gracious. (4 words)
The night wasn’t so gracious to all. (8 words)
I try to be as gracious as I can. (9 words)
Since the company said that it has invested US$45 billion here, then it must be gracious enough to share with all Guyanese its reasons for the great resistance to Guyanese getting a few billions more in royalties, profits, and taxes. (41 words)
The only four-year senior on this year’s squad, the Fishers, Ind. native is very gracious for how this season has gone and is fired up to become a champion upon the conclusion of her last game at home. (40 words)
Former Pittsburgh Steelers scout Mark Gorscak, moving on from the team after 28 years, was gracious enough to join Dave and me for about a 40-minute interview during Friday’s episode of The Terrible Podcast. (36 words)
Secondly, I soon learnt that delusion is a gracious thief, especially in sales, which is something to always be remembered if you’re going to have a successful sales pipeline! (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bassett’s abject failure to even pretend to be gracious wasn’t the best ad for her acting skills.
Everyone who set up around us were overly gracious, talkative and friendly and I was given handfuls of home grown from several dads.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers scout Mark Gorscak, moving on from the team after 28 years, was gracious enough to join Dave and me for about a 40-minute interview during Friday’s episode of The Terrible Podcast.
His reply was gracious.
I have never said no to anyone and have always been gracious to anyone staying in our home, but I find I really don’t enjoy it.
I met interesting and gracious men, who were invariably socialists too, which was always my top priority.
I try to be as gracious as I can.
It’s the people that make up the nation, not the nation that makes the people and with my days on the ground in Cuba the people I met were all gracious individuals.
On May 17, Bernard Dykstra went home to be with his gracious Lord and Savior.
Others came to Austin’s defense, however, and argued that it was actually quite gracious of him to refer to Vanessa as a friend, particularly given that they’re now both dating other people.
Reverend Middlebrook, a speaker of renown, introduced each speaker in his typically gracious way.
Secondly, I soon learnt that delusion is a gracious thief, especially in sales, which is something to always be remembered if you’re going to have a successful sales pipeline!
Since the company said that it has invested US$45 billion here, then it must be gracious enough to share with all Guyanese its reasons for the great resistance to Guyanese getting a few billions more in royalties, profits, and taxes.
Special thanks to Chesterville Fair for being gracious hosts for this event.
Starr was also gracious when Rivera had to bow out of touring with the All-Starr Band in 2003 due to commitments with Joel.
That is, if the cat is gracious enough to let you concentrate.
The exterior styling is smooth and gracious and, unlike SUVs, not boxy and tall.
The identity of the blonde fan on Kelce's arm is unknown and the Chiefs tight end was apparently just being gracious with local supporters, several of whom had their pictures taken with him.
The night wasn’t so gracious to all.
The only four-year senior on this year’s squad, the Fishers, Ind. native is very gracious for how this season has gone and is fired up to become a champion upon the conclusion of her last game at home.
Common combinations with gracious
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gracious and 33×
- and gracious 20×
- was gracious 12×
- gracious enough 10×
- the gracious 10×
- so gracious 9×
- gracious to 8×
- very gracious 8×
- his gracious 7×
- is gracious 6×