Example Sentences

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"Sandy," Co-Star Elizabeth Taylor says overgraciously, "made chopped chicken out of me�or chopped chicken liver, which is even worse."

From Time Magazine Archive

"I didn't expect you or I'd have straightened up a bit," said Oliver, not overgraciously, while he hastily pushed his supper of bread and tea to one end of the table.

From Virginia by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson