Sentences with phrase «while magnanimous»

While magnanimous in victory — a change from previous election night addresses by the former UUP leader — Elliott used his acceptance speech to remind observers that «this is not a green constituency».

Not exact matches

While the participants with low self - control were surprisingly found to sacrifice more for their partners, they were simultaneously found to be less magnanimous in areas like forgiveness.

Our impression is that, as far as the focus on argument writing goes, the Standards» writers would love to be like the spouse who tells his or her partner on a Monday night that it doesn't matter where they go to dinner — he or she can choose whatever restaurant for them to go — while knowing full well that the only one open is the favorite of the spouse who is supposedly being magnanimous.