How to Use magnanimous in a Sentence

magnanimous

adjective

• She was too magnanimous to resent all the things others had said to her.
• The school whose lunch debt was paid by a magnanimous nine-year-old?
  — Kiran Misra, The New Republic, 12 Feb. 2021
• But what looked to some like the magnanimous diffusion of progress looked to others like theft.
  — The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
• The programs are a magnanimous gesture on the part of Amazon.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• And now, with one magnanimous gesture, the Cubs have put an end to it.
  — Dan McGrath, chicagotribune.com, 1 Aug. 2017
• Few topics manage to unite the masses quite like the macabre, the mysterious and the magnanimous.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2020
• That's the magnanimous answer, and not untrue, but still...
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 1 Oct. 2020
• To consider Kanye and consider his sound alone is to miss the point of his mad, magnanimous project.
  — Jason Parham, Wired, 17 Sep. 2021
• But not with a coalition partner, or even reaching out to a rival in a magnanimous gesture.
  — Star Tribune, 4 June 2021
• Most of us don’t come with the tools to always be civilized and gracious and generous and magnanimous.
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2016
• There was, of course, the prospect of some magnanimous rich person with nothing better to do than save a magazine.
  — Joe Pompeo, The Hive, 23 May 2018
• But after that magnanimous day in April, Woods did…not a lot.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• The donation was deemed to be a magnanimous and moving gesture, suitable to the spirit of the holiday.
  — Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 23 Nov. 2020
• Amazon looked magnanimous in the moment, but its act was colored by months of fighting and the caveats on pay increases that came next.
  — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 27 Dec. 2018
• According to Williamson, the government ought to act as a magnanimous provider.
  — Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 12 Aug. 2019
• Be magnanimous in defeat and you might be remembered as a gracious loser who deserves a second look the next time around.
  — Richard Chin Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 2 Nov. 2020
• The moons alignment with magnanimous Jupiter encourages you to widen your social net.
  — USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
• Address both with a magnanimous gesture toward wellbeing in the year ahead.
  — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2021
• Be magnanimous when family members express their desires and want to have their way.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 21 July 2019
• Gobert was magnanimous in his departure, graceful and grateful to the end.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
• He’s even magnanimous about the time a nearby resident threatened the encampment with gun.
  — Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2021
• That was a more magnanimous answer, maybe, than the one Kelly gave five days earlier when the subject was raised.
  — Mike Berardino, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
• It will be presented as a magnanimous gesture, and Rick Spielman may take the bait.
  — Tom Powers, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2017
• Trump clearly was flipped into magnanimous mode after the meeting.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 21 Mar. 2016
• The holiday tip can be a magnanimous gesture or an obligation, depending on your point of view.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2021
• Anyone magnanimous enough to apologize to a deadbeat layabout like me (and my staff) doesn't deserve to be banned from anywhere.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2022
• Yet, his measured, magnanimous words have caught the world’s attention.
  — Brett Bruen, Time, 12 June 2018
• In his address, Trump adopted a steady tone and role of magnanimous leader, looking out for his country.
  — Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 2 Dec. 2020
• Beckham has a Super Bowl ring because Berry was magnanimous enough to set him free.
  — cleveland, 16 Feb. 2022
• Like most liberals at the time, Jefferson had a magnanimous view of human nature.
  — Gordon S. Wood, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017

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