How to Use graceful in a Sentence

graceful

adjective

• There was no graceful way to say no to their offer.
• He has become a very graceful dancer.
• His writing is clear and graceful.
• She was a graceful young woman with delicate features.
• Picture the arch of your foot, that graceful curve that spans from the ball to the heel.
  — Talene Appleton, menshealth.com, 2 June 2023
• Her throat was like an egret’s, long and graceful and smooth.
  — Rachel Heng, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021
• Some of them are not very graceful, but all of them are adorable.
  — New York Times, 19 Apr. 2021
• As a bonus, Lee tossed in a graceful handstand at the start of the routine.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 17 Nov. 2021
• In the most graceful sections of her book, Brooks achieves that, too.
  — Danielle A. Jackson, Vulture, 21 May 2021
• The rhythmic moves were as graceful as in our mind’s eye.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021
• Soft and slightly wavy, this bob with windswept bangs has a retro and graceful look.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
• The artist achieves that, but the results are more graceful than brutal.
  — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
• With graceful bubbles and a silky mouthfeel, lemon and pear dance on the palate.
  — Emily Cappiello, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
• As a florist rose, it was not bred to have a graceful shrubby form with easy-care traits.
  — Benjamin Whitacre, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
• But he was built like a freaking dump truck, and was about as graceful.
  — Alexander Darwin, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2021
• And her ideas and concepts are as bold as her brush line is graceful.
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 9 June 2021
• Evans brings a glove and shags balls in the outfield, graceful as always.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2021
• Marcus made quick work of the sweet treat and Bill swept up the paper plate in one graceful arc.
  — Hazlitt, 9 Dec. 2024
• The graceful way to handle this is to undertake a slow fade.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2023
• The hip jerks, arm sweeps and knee lifts appeared graceful, but to her, the six women in front of her looked out of sync.
  — Maria Cramer, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• Your graceful moves on the dancefloor will remain in our hearts.
  — Natalie Duddridge, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2024
• San Diego has had two of the most graceful divers — Greg Louganis and Tatis. ...
  — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
• Balance, for me, is more like a dance, and not always a graceful one.
  — Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 30 May 2021
• My lungs were hot and my legs scoffed at my brain’s orders for graceful speed.
  — Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
• The grille is more tasteful and wears a clever G-mesh design, and the lines are a little more graceful.
  — Jason Fogelson, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
• Nothing's more peaceful in a shady corner of the yard than a patch of graceful ferns.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 May 2024
• King Charles’ wife smiled in the shot and struck a graceful pose — after all, she’s had practice with dance class!
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
• The graceful swiveling of those hips that have been swiveling since the very early ‘60s?
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2024
• Up close, the silks are graceful and delicate, the knits are feather soft.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2021
• Some like the long, graceful, and wispy needles of white pine (Pinus strobus) while others are all about the firs — the true firs (Abies species) with their stout, glossy, and fragrant needles.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Feb 2025