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Meanings of good grace in English

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Usage of good grace in English
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Even serial dissident Carbone apparently took his reduced role in good grace.
The Guardian
2
At least Michael Clarke had the good grace to acknowledge as much.
The Guardian
3
There was no surprise when he took his demotion with good grace.
The Irish Times
4
Missi had the good grace not to look crushed that I interrupted.
Guns will keep us together
5
He'd had the good grace not to inquire what was going on.
The confusion
6
And for the most part we are doing it with good grace.
News.com.au
7
I doubted Murphy would take that kind of backstabbing with good grace.
Death masks
8
Jones, though, had the good grace not to complain about it afterwards.
The Guardian
9
Caroline had the good grace to blush, but she did not desist.
Drood: a novel
10
With aface like that she would get such good grace in heaven.
The new yorker
11
With a good grace Paul dropped the discussion and went to work.
The Crew of the Water Wagtail
12
I was checkmated, but taking it with a good grace, I said:
Prisoner for Blasphemy
13
To your good grace I recommend myself as humbly as I can.
Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477
14
I asked her to sing, and she did so with good grace.
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 2
15
The weasel, however, submitted to his fate with no very good grace.
Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match
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After a pause his mother had the good grace to look ashamed.
The unincorporated man
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Good grace through the time
Good grace across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common