Example Sentences

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The tendency of fat is to take away from one's gracility; therefore, any one inclined to be fat must be ultra conservative—in order to counteract the effect.

From Etiquette by Post, Emily

The beauty of it is that it is, for all it is worth, a Drama, and almost, as it seems to me, of the psychologic Racinian unity, intensity and gracility.

From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry

In person, Caesar was tall, fair, and of limbs distinguished for their elegant proportions and gracility.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 570, October 13, 1832 by Various

In person, he was tall, fair, and of limbs distinguished for their elegant proportions and gracility.

From The Caesars by De Quincey, Thomas