Magnanimous

//mæɡˈnæn.ɪ.məs//

"Magnanimous" in a Sentence (9 examples)

Gall, lover of the Queen, went - magnanimous tour - / Gallantly from the arena to the Tower Grande, in Nîmes.

Let's be magnanimous toward our rivals.

Tom was magnanimous in victory.

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.

He is lucky because he is magnanimous.

She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, […]

First, our friendship began at that early time when alone it is unalloyed and sincere; secondly"—and here, in spite of her vivacity, Marie's voice trembled—"you are associated with the only being in the world I ever really loved; and thirdly, I have behaved exceedingly ill to you, and, consequently, feel it quite magnanimous not to hate you, which is the established rule on such occasions.

doolittle [sad but magnanimous] They played you off very cunning, Eliza, them two sportsmen.

I felt vaguely he was a sneak, and remained quite unmollified by advances on his side, which, in a boy's barbarous fashion, unless it suited me to be magnanimous, I haughtily ignored.

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