Example Sentences

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Unlike most samurai films, the swordplay here isn’t based in air-defying gracefulness.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023

For most of us, our gracefulness or lack of it are fairly stable states.

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2022

Many people are drawn to butterflies because of their beauty, their gracefulness, the ephemeral nature of their lives, and because of the seemingly magical transformation from caterpillar to adult butterfly.

From Scientific American • Feb. 18, 2022

On this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Josh, Stefan, and Joel continue their conversation about Kobe Bryant, talking about his love-hate relationship with Shaquille O’Neal and his gracefulness as an athlete.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2020

The gracefulness of the slender fishing boats that glided into the harbor in Dakar was equaled only by the elegance of the Senegalese women who sailed through the city in flowing robes and turbaned heads.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela