great-hearted
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
- great-heartedness noun
Example Sentences
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Clive Barnes of The Times called it “a sprawling, rambunctious, great-hearted show.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2021
Baseball has long seen itself as America’s game, a game as great-hearted, humble and fundamentally decent as America itself.
From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2017
Our great-hearted champion will still be continuing his campaign on the Other Side with added wisdom and knowledge.
From Time Magazine Archive
But perhaps the most surprising entry in Dante's catalog of "great-hearted souls" was a figure "solitary, set apart."
From Time Magazine Archive
When prayers were said and all the grain was scattered great-hearted Thrasymedes in a flash swung the axe, at one blow cutting through the neck tendons.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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