with good grace
idiom
: in a polite and pleasant way
She accepted his advice with good grace.
They lost the game with good grace.
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When the inevitable Bill and Ted reference arrives in the new Broadway Waiting for Godot, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter handle it with good grace.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Again and again, Alice embarks with good grace upon a social event, or a domestic task, only to be smothered by its demands.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022
Move beyond regrets and accept your life with good grace.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Again and again, Alice embarks with good grace upon a social event, or a domestic task, only to be smothered by its demands.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022
Move beyond regrets and accept your life with good grace.
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2021
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“With good grace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with%20good%20grace. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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