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Example sentences for "good grace"

  • The princes and distinguished foreigners staying in Paris paid an assiduous court to our sovereign, and the Emperor did the honors of Paris with a good grace.

  • The boy sat down and said with a good grace that he had come to the Parliament to testify his good will to it, and that his chancellor would say the rest.

  • It is of no use to think any longer of anything but going with a good grace to meet the king.

  • Either he is a brute unworthy of the slightest esteem and consideration, or he will realize his crime and folly and yield honestly and with a good grace.

  • I felt that I had not the strength to renounce my claim with a good grace; and hypocrisy was repugnant to me.

  • My grandfather pretended to agree with a good grace to the execution of their warrant, and politely helped them to make an inventory of his furniture, of which the sale had been decreed.

  • I think I should not let Miss Burchell see this last letter; he does not consent with a good grace; and it may damp her joy.

  • He is too scornful, lightly esteems the monks, is closely intimate with secular persons; and should he be angry, scarcely returns an answer with a good grace to any brother, or to one even asking a question of him.

  • Rather than undergo the consequence of a conversation upon this subject, he chose to drop the theme of love altogether, and industriously introduced some other topic of discourse.

  • And then Sir Mador sued daily and long, to have the queen's good grace; and so by the means of Sir Launcelot he caused him to stand in the queen's good grace, and all was forgiven.

  • This in the Person who believed he could do it with a good Grace, and was refused the Opportunity, is justly resented with a Coldness the whole ensuing Season.

  • All which is supported by no other Pretension, than that it is done with what we call a good Grace.

  • I am afraid the latter is more certain than the former, I submit to it with a good grace.

  • If you find this not so easy, acquiesce with a good grace in my anilities; put on your understockings of yarn, or woollen, even in the night-time.

  • Madame de Choiseul, passionately fond of her husband, was the martyr of this union, but at last submitted with a good grace; has gained a little credit with him, and is still believed to idolize him.

  • It would have been very desirable to marry Mrs. Goddard if it had been possible, but since the thing could not be done at present it was best to submit with a good grace.

  • Evidently her dream of peace was likely to be of limited duration; but she resigned herself to the unpleasant possibilities of the future with a good grace, in consideration of the advantages she enjoyed in the present.

  • But John, being now in a thoroughly bad humour, could not take his vacant seat with a good grace.

  • She agreed with a good grace, for the child, born prematurely, did not seem likely to live.

  • I returned to the King in the space of a few minutes, bringing back in its new case the fugitive present, which a monarch asked back again so politely and with such a good grace.

  • God on every human being, I submitted with a good grace to the respectable labour of education.

  • However bitter this pill might be in swallowing, he so far mastered his mortification, as to digest it with a good grace.

  • Thus connected, they began to hunt in couples; and Fathom, in order to profit by the alliance with a good grace, contrived a small scheme that succeeded to his wish.

  • Let us bear our misfortunes, John, with a good grace; let us be thankful for the happiness which we have enjoyed, and submit ourselves to the will of Providence.

  • Yet nothing of this was felt by Cunningham: he made, with a good grace, all the disqualifying speeches of a modest author, repeated his thanks and assurances of grateful attachment, and retired triumphant.

  • The invitation was so flattering and pressing that I could not refuse it with a good grace.

  • I asked if I should put them on, to which she consented with a good grace, and as she had green velvet breeches, she seemed to consider herself as almost a man.

  • My loss had not affected my spirits, and the lady finding me at once hungry and gay paid the bet with a good grace.

  • I was getting used to her foolish talk, and I could only agree with a good grace, which seemed to delight her intensely although her husband was present, but he seemed to share her triumph.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "good grace" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    good appearance; good books; good breakfast; good cause; good character; good common school education; good deal; good earnest; good faith; good fellows; good grip; good habits; good horse; good housekeeper; good idea; good length; good living; good lump; good practice; good priest; good report; good sword; good usage; good view; good wishes; yellow color