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as in agile
moving easily
the graceful ballerina effortlessly leapt across the stage
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as in elegant
having or showing elegance
sat down in the old plantation home's very graceful parlor
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Recent Examples of graceful
With an upright growth habit and loose, open canopy, oleander makes a graceful evergreen hedge in USDA zones 8-10.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
However, the pagoda dogwood is an especially popular dogwood variety for front yard landscaping thanks to its graceful arching form, which stays under 25 feet high, and fragrant white flowers that bloom from late spring through early summer.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
Instead, this will be remembered as one of the most important victories of the young season if the Red Sox go on a run of graceful baseball.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Let the graceful creatures live amongst hearts, sparkles, and whatever other designs your heart desires.
—Amanda Le, InStyle, 4 Apr. 2026
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
However, the pagoda dogwood is an especially popular dogwood variety for front yard landscaping thanks to its graceful arching form, which stays under 25 feet high, and fragrant white flowers that bloom from late spring through early summer.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
Instead, this will be remembered as one of the most important victories of the young season if the Red Sox go on a run of graceful baseball.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Let the graceful creatures live amongst hearts, sparkles, and whatever other designs your heart desires.
—Amanda Le, InStyle, 4 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for graceful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graceful
Adjective
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Curry, still working his way back from the runner’s knee that cost him 27 games, struggled to find his shot early in the game, shooting just 2 of 9 while being harassed by the agile Derrick Jones Jr.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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This can be challenging against fast and agile drones, especially in poor weather or complex terrain.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Apr. 2026
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This elegant opera house hosts numerous events, mostly opera and ballet.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
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The smooth, fluid drape reads elegant, and the fabric has a soft silk sheen that holds up beautifully in a suitcase.—
Paris Wilson,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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As a teen-ager listening to folk music in London pubs, I’d been attracted to the instrument’s nimble, tinkling cheerfulness, its being on the margins, not too demanding, perhaps.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Fed minutes from March's meeting showed policymakers remain open to future rate hikes should inflation continue to exceed 2%, while stressing the need to be nimble.—
Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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Charles Melton is effortlessly handsome while out and about in the Big Apple on April 15.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
18 Apr. 2026
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The museum’s Rodins now line a grassy area between one of two handsome exterior staircases and a green fence along Wilshire.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Mulligan and Isaac put on a balletic performance.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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But the slick back bun, classical music and balletic dress was not Liu’s brand.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Schuch paused in front of a Tetra Pak carton of Côtes du Rhône, noting that while such packaging had gone over fine in Nordic countries, French consumers had rejected it vehemently.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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With the husbands off for a golf outing, Julia and Jane (well attended to by Chimo’s martini-mixing maid Saunders) get decked out in their evening finest and wait impatiently at Julia’s luxe apartment (Jane lives upstairs) for the mystery man Maurice to arrive.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
19 Apr. 2026
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Alvarezsaurs were predominantly small, with stubby but powerful forelimbs, long and gracile hindlimbs and lightly built skulls.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
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Hawkins misplaced horns and spikes, and some of his robust four-legged dinosaurs were actually gracile bipeds.—
Yannic Rack,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Aug. 2023
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The California poppy is majestic and elegant, says Hayek.—
Lauren David,
Martha Stewart,
19 Apr. 2026
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Kuhner walked me over to the majestic, thirty-square-foot windows, many broken, some left uncovered.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Graceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graceful. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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