How do you use Magnanimous in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like noble or big, plus the exact meaning.
Magnanimous meaning
Noble and generous in spirit.
Using Magnanimous
- The main meaning on this page is: Noble and generous in spirit.
- Useful related words include: greathearted, noble, big, large.
- In the example corpus, magnanimous often appears in combinations such as: be magnanimous, magnanimous in, magnanimous and.
Context around Magnanimous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Magnanimous
- In this selection, "magnanimous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, unusually, sound, gesture, move and enough stand out and add context to how "magnanimous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a very magnanimous and broadminded and course the magnanimous irvin said. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "magnanimous" sits close to words such as aerobics, ahn and ailes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with magnanimous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was a very magnanimous and broadminded person,” he said. (10 words)
Enjoy the feeling, be magnanimous, move on with your head held high. (12 words)
The energy that they share with us is so generous and magnanimous. (12 words)
It seems strange that we must still agitate for these basic rights, or that Mr. Trump thinks he is being magnanimous when he offers them to us again as last-minute campaign promises — so long as we stay in our place. (41 words)
It is just these two who really abused public media, the rest, including our beloved Father Bwalya have been wise and magnanimous, and one would think Zambia had only two Ambassadors abroad, fake Journalist Mwamba and Mukwita. (37 words)
Just be magnanimous and say the bill which intends to prolong our stay in power which is bill 10 and this is despite you failing to perform as seen in all economic health indicators of the country. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Enjoy the feeling, be magnanimous, move on with your head held high.
Obaro, who once aspired to the governorship seat, said the number one office is a position of enormous opportunities and responsibilities advising the governor-elect to be focused and magnanimous in victory.
We have full confidence that you will be magnanimous in victory and also, lead with integrity, wisdom, and compassion.
It could all have been so different had its masters been magnanimous enough to govern, as Nicola Sturgeon vowed, for all and in co-operation with Westminster.
Lula congratulated Biden for the “magnanimous” decision to abandon his candidacy for reelection in the United States and wished the country's democracy success in the presidential elections in November.
No matter how magnanimous the billionaire class is, they can't free us or themselves from a system that reduces everything worthwhile to a cutthroat competition for dominance.
Of course, Saint Daniel also suggested they could refrain from flaunting their relationship at the office – like that’s supposed to be some sort of magnanimous gesture.
Rochelle Gurstein, a historian and essayist, observed in an interview that, for a literary trustee, Mr. Kohn was unusually magnanimous — and that he brought a special dimension to his role.
Trump had a clear opportunity to sound magnanimous in victory, but he failed to take it in New Hampshire.
He was a very magnanimous and broadminded person,” he said.
His aura and presence had a global resonance with fans around the world, yet the man remained humble and magnanimous.
It is just these two who really abused public media, the rest, including our beloved Father Bwalya have been wise and magnanimous, and one would think Zambia had only two Ambassadors abroad, fake Journalist Mwamba and Mukwita.
It seems strange that we must still agitate for these basic rights, or that Mr. Trump thinks he is being magnanimous when he offers them to us again as last-minute campaign promises — so long as we stay in our place.
Just be magnanimous and say the bill which intends to prolong our stay in power which is bill 10 and this is despite you failing to perform as seen in all economic health indicators of the country.
Que the I called Micheal to make sure it was ok for me to wear it and of course the magnanimous Irvin said it was ok.
Sena leader Kishore Tiwari lauded the package and said that the Centre must now be magnanimous and immediately release a Rs 50,000-crore package for the flood victims.
The Best Friends tried to get in on the action last week, but while FTR are magnanimous, they aren’t big fans of spontaneity.
The energy that they share with us is so generous and magnanimous.
They are a prestigious thing to have around… The company has to feel at every point that what they have given you is a magnanimous gesture on their part.
Trump’s fury over impeachment indicates that he is unlikely to be magnanimous when the trial ends.
Common combinations with magnanimous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- be magnanimous 8×
- magnanimous in 7×
- magnanimous and 7×
- and magnanimous 6×
- been magnanimous 3×
- the magnanimous 3×
- magnanimous gesture 2×
- magnanimous when 2×
- less magnanimous 2×