Use gracefully in a sentence | example usage from the newswires

Vocabulary

Editorial »

How to use the word gracefully in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

Filter by category:

15 results found

I may not be doing it gracefully right now, but I am standing up for her. – Colleen Thompson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Nothing is permanent, change is constant. When we learn to ride these waves of changes everyday gracefully, we learn to stay in and enjoy the present moment. – Purvi Raniga	added by Purviraniga 2 years ago
Now, we have President Joe Biden in the White House and Nancy Pelosi at 80 million years old as speaker, and we've got a Senate that we don't control anymore, with, you know, Mr. Big Turtle in charge up there just, just losing gracefully, losing gracefully. – Marjorie Taylor	Found on CNN 3 years ago
My doctor painted a fairly bleak picture of the disease, even going so far as to tell me I probably wouldn't walk again..., whatever happens, MS can't take it all. I will always have my heart and soul, my wit and wisdom. Wherever the chips may fall, if I fall with them I will make it a point to do so gracefully — and laughing. – David Lander	Found on CNN 3 years ago
In the radio blackout I opened the little plastic packages which contained bread and wine, i poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon, the wine curled slowly and gracefully up the side of the cup. It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements. – Buzz Aldrin	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Just wish they'd exit gracefully and keep their regressive views to themselves. – Raveena Tandon	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I was kinda gracefully [ trying to ] back out of everything that had happened at that point, zach Hillmer was like,' No no no, I will take Zach Hillmer to the hospital. You give me Zach Hillmer name and Zach Hillmer address and make sure that Zach Hillmer gets in the car with me, and I will get Zach Hillmer where Zach Hillmer needs to go.'. – Lisa Nagengast	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The focus of the dress is the graphic open bateau neckline that gracefully frames the shoulders and emphasizes the slender sculpted waist, the lines of the dress extend toward the back where the train flows in soft round folds cushioned by an underskirt in triple silk organza. The slim three-quarter sleeves add a note of refined modernity. – Kensington Palace	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
There are times in life... There are times in life...to be a child There are times in life...to be a friend There are times in life...to have a good cry There are times in life... to grow and up and be an adult There are times in life...to fill that love nest There are times in life...to say I do There are times in life...to cradle a child in your arms There are times in life...to watch the sun rise There are times in life...to laugh louder than you should There are times in life...to listen, be heard, to say a kind word; be the voice of reason There are times in life...to celebrate all that could be There are times in life...to let loose There are times in life...to plant a kiss, bear hug or to grieve There are times in life...to learn, to become wiser and to dispense that wisdom There are times in life...to hold someone’s hand There are times in life...to be a shoulder to lean on There are times in life... to be a confidant There are times in life...to do the heavy lifting There are times in life...to grow old gracefully There are times in life...to coast along There are times in life...to be at peace and rest There are times in life... to watch the sunset There are times in life...to leave it all for those left behind Andreas Simic – Andreas Simic	added by anonymous 7 years ago
You maybe have 14 to 20 feet to move away from them, you have to find a way to gracefully exit the conversation. I want to make sure that they continue to want to come to my bar, even if I find them to be aggressively boring. – Ivy Mix	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
My working assumption is that the Chinese are going to be able to gracefully manage their slowdown. But if they stumble too much, that'll make it more difficult for the global economy to kick into a higher gear for sure, including the U.S. economy. – Mark Zandi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Luckily everyone felt the same way, the only thing to do here is to retire him gracefully and send him off in the most honorable way we could think of. – James Wan	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face. – Sydney J. Harris	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Accept good advice gracefully--as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place. – Gene Brown	added by anonymous 14 years ago
And the wind said May you be as strong as the oak, yet flexible as the birch may you stand as tall as the redwood, live gracefully as the willow and may you always bear fruit all your days on this earth. – Native American Prayer	added by anonymous 14 years ago

I may not be doing it gracefully right now, but I am standing up for her.

– Colleen Thompson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Nothing is permanent, change is constant. When we learn to ride these waves of changes everyday gracefully, we learn to stay in and enjoy the present moment.

– Purvi Raniga

added by Purviraniga
2 years ago

Now, we have President Joe Biden in the White House and Nancy Pelosi at 80 million years old as speaker, and we've got a Senate that we don't control anymore, with, you know, Mr. Big Turtle in charge up there just, just losing gracefully, losing gracefully.

– Marjorie Taylor

Found on CNN
3 years ago

My doctor painted a fairly bleak picture of the disease, even going so far as to tell me I probably wouldn't walk again..., whatever happens, MS can't take it all. I will always have my heart and soul, my wit and wisdom. Wherever the chips may fall, if I fall with them I will make it a point to do so gracefully — and laughing.

– David Lander

Found on CNN
3 years ago

In the radio blackout I opened the little plastic packages which contained bread and wine, i poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon, the wine curled slowly and gracefully up the side of the cup. It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements.

– Buzz Aldrin

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Just wish they'd exit gracefully and keep their regressive views to themselves.

– Raveena Tandon

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I was kinda gracefully [ trying to ] back out of everything that had happened at that point, zach Hillmer was like,' No no no, I will take Zach Hillmer to the hospital. You give me Zach Hillmer name and Zach Hillmer address and make sure that Zach Hillmer gets in the car with me, and I will get Zach Hillmer where Zach Hillmer needs to go.'.

– Lisa Nagengast

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The focus of the dress is the graphic open bateau neckline that gracefully frames the shoulders and emphasizes the slender sculpted waist, the lines of the dress extend toward the back where the train flows in soft round folds cushioned by an underskirt in triple silk organza. The slim three-quarter sleeves add a note of refined modernity.

– Kensington Palace

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

– Andreas Simic

added by anonymous
7 years ago

You maybe have 14 to 20 feet to move away from them, you have to find a way to gracefully exit the conversation. I want to make sure that they continue to want to come to my bar, even if I find them to be aggressively boring.

– Ivy Mix

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

My working assumption is that the Chinese are going to be able to gracefully manage their slowdown. But if they stumble too much, that'll make it more difficult for the global economy to kick into a higher gear for sure, including the U.S. economy.

– Mark Zandi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Luckily everyone felt the same way, the only thing to do here is to retire him gracefully and send him off in the most honorable way we could think of.

– James Wan

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.

– Sydney J. Harris

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Accept good advice gracefully--as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.

– Gene Brown

added by anonymous
14 years ago

And the wind said May you be as strong as the oak, yet flexible as the birch may you stand as tall as the redwood, live gracefully as the willow and may you always bear fruit all your days on this earth.

– Native American Prayer

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Discuss these sample sentences with the community:

0 Comments

Notify me of new comments via email.

Editorial »

How to use the word gracefully in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

15 results found

Discuss these sample sentences with the community:

0 Comments

Are we missing a good definition for gracefully? Don't keep it to yourself...

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

The Web's Largest Resource for

Definitions & Translations

A Member Of The STANDS4 Network

Free, no signup required:

Add to Chrome

Free, no signup required:

Add to Firefox

Browse Definitions.net

Quiz

Are you a words master?

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike