How to Use magnanimous in a Sentence

magnanimous

adjective
  • She was too magnanimous to resent all the things others had said to her.
  • The school whose lunch debt was paid by a magnanimous nine-year-old?
    — Kiran Misra, The New Republic, 12 Feb. 2021
  • And now, with one magnanimous gesture, the Cubs have put an end to it.
    — Dan McGrath, chicagotribune.com, 1 Aug. 2017
  • But Eras Tour vets, while your boss might be magnanimous, might be best to find a good sports bar.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
  • But what looked to some like the magnanimous diffusion of progress looked to others like theft.
    — The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
  • But after that magnanimous day in April, Woods did…not a lot.
    — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Something tells me Greg-Gary will be … less magnanimous about the whole thing.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Cryer and Chuck Lorre are there to be magnanimous.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Be magnanimous and forgiving if others make a boo-boo.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2025
  • But not with a coalition partner, or even reaching out to a rival in a magnanimous gesture.
    — Star Tribune, 4 June 2021
  • The programs are a magnanimous gesture on the part of Amazon.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
  • There was, of course, the prospect of some magnanimous rich person with nothing better to do than save a magazine.
    — Joe Pompeo, The Hive, 23 May 2018
  • To consider Kanye and consider his sound alone is to miss the point of his mad, magnanimous project.
    — Jason Parham, Wired, 17 Sep. 2021
  • That may sound more magnanimous than Dillingham has been this season, and his coaches and teammates love that about him.
    — Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Most of us don’t come with the tools to always be civilized and gracious and generous and magnanimous.
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2016
  • Amazon looked magnanimous in the moment, but its act was colored by months of fighting and the caveats on pay increases that came next.
    — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 27 Dec. 2018
  • The big brother was magnanimous, always including Jim in games with his friends.
    — Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
  • The moons alignment with magnanimous Jupiter encourages you to widen your social net.
    — USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Few topics manage to unite the masses quite like the macabre, the mysterious and the magnanimous.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2020
  • The leaders of the new state will also need to adopt a magnanimous view toward the remnants of the old bureaucracy.
    — Frederic Wehrey, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2011
  • Anyone magnanimous enough to apologize to a deadbeat layabout like me (and my staff) doesn't deserve to be banned from anywhere.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2022
  • That was a more magnanimous answer, maybe, than the one Kelly gave five days earlier when the subject was raised.
    — Mike Berardino, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
  • According to Williamson, the government ought to act as a magnanimous provider.
    — Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 12 Aug. 2019
  • It will be presented as a magnanimous gesture, and Rick Spielman may take the bait.
    — Tom Powers, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2017
  • The less magnanimous among us can pick up the Silver Pass for $3,700.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 May 2021
  • Beckham has a Super Bowl ring because Berry was magnanimous enough to set him free.
    — cleveland, 16 Feb. 2022
  • See that magnanimous future awaiting you?
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Stories of one magnanimous soul’s power to sow seeds of light and grace that germinate and create a mellifluous echo across time and place.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Now McIlroy is being a bit more magnanimous in his thoughts on the Saudi league and those who opt to play in it.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Two years ago, when Barca also won the title there, the club’s euphoric players were chased down the tunnel by magnanimous home fans.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 May 2025

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