How to Use magnanimity in a Sentence

magnanimity

noun
  • His magnanimity inspired many of us to let past grudges be past.
    — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 20 June 2017
  • His magnanimity did not last long.
    — Ana Ceballos follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Ahead of the law Facebook's gesture is not borne of pure magnanimity.
    — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Every so often, there are acts of magnanimity that remind us how our politics could work.
    — Ryan Clancy, WSJ, 23 June 2019
  • Bergeron’s carte blanche and magnanimity — like his brilliant career — must have some endpoint.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • Azerbaijan has thus far shown little of the magnanimity in victory that might help break this cycle.
    — Neil Hauer, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Burnett expected her team to match her mood of upbeat magnanimity.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Without magnanimity on the part of its core members, the Western alliance will not long endure.
    — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2018
  • That's a supremely easy position from which to display magnanimity.
    — Damon Linker, The Week, 27 Jan. 2022
  • In one way, this is simple magnanimity, a gesture of appreciation from the boss to his employees.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2021
  • But the federal government’s magnanimity did not end there.
    — Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 18 Feb. 2026
  • And in her infinite magnanimity, Oprah wanted to share this experience with her fans.
    — Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 29 Sep. 2017
  • After the race, Ledecky reflected on the magnanimity of beating Phelps' record.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 30 July 2023
  • Bulls guard Alex Caruso credits DeRozan’s longevity to his magnanimity as much as his midrange jumper.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2023
  • And each side was watching carefully to see if the other would show any signs of weakness or magnanimity — both potentially toxic in this shutdown.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Jan. 2018
  • There has never been very much magnanimity in the MAGA movement.
    — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Friends of Cámara invariably point to her own family as the wellspring of the breezy self-belief and magnanimity that permeates her restaurants.
    — Rob Haskell, Vogue, 15 May 2019
  • The symphony’s new venue is the latest beneficiary of their magnanimity.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2021
  • His warlord of a manager, Elliott Roberts, in what seems to me a startling act of managerial magnanimity, was right behind him.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2019
  • More than most dictators, Erdogan views magnanimity with contempt and as a sign of weakness, rather than a gesture to be reciprocated in kind.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Not strictly out of magnanimity but out of necessity, functional societies must demonstrate the capacity to move beyond the sins of the past.
    — Judson Berger, National Review, 24 Apr. 2021
  • When McConnell surrendered, did Democrats voice the magnanimity of the true champion?
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 8 Oct. 2021
  • And yet the broader question of where such spiritual magnanimity fits in with the importance of justice isn’t addressed with any real curiosity.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Those who noticed the errors responded on Twitter with the kind of graciousness and magnanimity people have come to expect from the social media platform.
    — William Cummings, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2017
  • This historic migration was akin—and perhaps even larger—to the magnanimity of the annual Serengeti wildebeest migration.
    — National Geographic, 4 May 2018
  • Lincoln himself was famous for his genuine magnanimity toward immigrants.
    — Mark B. Pohlad, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • In Hollywood, to speak of one’s parents with gratitude and magnanimity, rather than bitterness and resentment, is something of a radical act.
    — Peter Tonguette, WSJ, 21 July 2022
  • There’s a moving moment of magnanimity, which won’t be given away here, that proves the underlying dignity of a people broken by an authoritarian state.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Since Thursday, the calls for talks by Jake Sullivan, Blinken, and the president himself have been taken less as a sign of magnanimity than of weakness.
    — The Editors, National Review, 21 Feb. 2021
  • In a country where the government enjoys vast powers over farm ownership, Grace Mugabe will need Mnangagwa’s magnanimity to keep the land.
    — Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2019

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