be generous
Example Sentences
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But let’s be generous and note that Carney’s Restaurant on Ventura gets a nice moment.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
Realizing this helped me clarify my response to the prompt: Money allows me to be generous with my time and resources with the people I care about.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025
Fortunately the finale shamelessly echoes, or, to be generous, pays homage to, the conclusion of “Gypsy,” as Jackie, alone in her palace-again-in-progress, sings an anthem of triumphant defiance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025
Becky said she urged the trustees to be generous when the redress scheme was being developed, and to consider the younger members who left with no support.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
The Ashidas were a part of the Holcomb community everyone appreciated—a family likably high-spirited, yet hard-working and neighborly and generous, though they didn’t have much to be generous with.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
