large-hearted
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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A packed Washington theater audience witnessed the first revival performance of “The Originalist” four months after the death of its legendary and large-hearted “star,” Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalia.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2016
I love the heft and sweep of Trace Adkins’ Great Recession anthem “Tough People Do” and appreciate its large-hearted populism.
From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2012
He is drawn to life and, at the same time, to self-destruction, like a large-hearted moth to an absurd flame.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2011
Monáe is young and fearless enough to try anything, gifted enough to pull almost all of it off, and large-hearted enough to make it feel like a communal experience: Us rather than Me.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2010
The radical difference in the genius of these two writers, to both of whom applies Mrs. Browning's apt appellation of "large-brained woman and large-hearted man," extends naturally to their whole tone of thought.
From Mathilde Blind by Eliot, George
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