be generous

Example Sentences

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The story on this side of the Atlantic is, to be generous, a mixed bag.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 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

Doomscroll on TikTok I’ll be generous to myself and say I might get up at 10 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

The system is “supposed to be generous and fast and gives a tie to the runner,” he told Carlson.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025

He could be generous and caring to a fault, but he had a darker side as well, characterized by monomania, impatience, and unwavering self-absorption, qualities that seemed to intensify through his college years.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer