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Recent Examples of gracioso
With Edusei’s fastidious beat, the orchestra played with hair-trigger precision, and a huge dynamic range, in Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso.
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Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2022
Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso and Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2.
—Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2022
The same praise could be heaped upon Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso, which opened the evening.
—Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 19 May 2017
Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2022
Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso and Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2.
—Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2022
The same praise could be heaped upon Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso, which opened the evening.
—Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 19 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gracioso
Noun
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Though mean-spirited, the jester Rigoletto — Verdi’s hapless, vengeful hunchback — wins our hearts as the outsider whom a heartless world so often abuses.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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Listen to this article Nikola Jokic rolled up in the Joker’s suit, then performed like a court jester.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
10 May 2025
Noun
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But Maddux and three teammates — Jody Davis, Les Lancaster and Al Nipper — got off scot-free for their tarp-sliding antics, until general manager Jim Frey fined them each $500.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Their amateur-hour antics quickly land them in over their heads when a meth lab heist gone wrong sets off a crime war that actual law enforcement, led by Mina (Marin Ireland), a veteran agent who barely survives a bullet to the throat during the robbery, is eager to crack down.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Her goal is to start a women’s consciousness-raising group, and her efforts have brought together a motley, inquisitive quintet.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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Kaan kaan wu, with its motley of melds, is where these two tiles from different suits can be used in a clean-sweeping hand.—
Rudy Lee,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2023
Noun
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From the fans’ perspective, the Yankees are faltering, the Rays are in the tank, the Orioles are tanking, and many view the Blue Jays’ recent run as fool’s gold.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Predicting where Liverpool’s wider finances will go in the future is a fool’s errand, not least those elements linked to on-field performance.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
Noun
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Instead of the buffo landlord Benoit coming for the rent, the four Bohemians impersonate him themselves in a skit that was a little beyond the L.A. cast’s comic skills.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Sep. 2019
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Alessandro Corbelli brought seasoned basso-buffo authority to the manipulative Alfonso.—
John Von Rhein,
chicagotribune.com,
18 Feb. 2018
Cite this Entry
“Gracioso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gracioso. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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