magnanimity - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • heart: It takes magnanimity of heart to make the first move.
  • man: When writing admiringly of the easy manners and magnanimity of the Indian men, Wood has presented their squaws as a low under-class.

Converse of object

  • show: Why should the proletariat be called upon to show magnanimity toward the bourgeoisie?
  • have: But neither of them had the magnanimity of this woman.

Adjective modifier

  • great: His enemies he treated with the greatest magnanimity; no bloody executions followed the victory of the Milvian Bridge.
  • silent: Aird in the same marvelous dream had used the words, " The silent magnanimity of Nature and her God.

Preposition: in

  • victory: Alfred's greatness may be measured by his magnanimity in victory [ 108 ] .

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