How to Use largesse in a Sentence

largesse

noun

• He relied on the largesse of friends after he lost his job.
• But that largesse is being reassessed and growth will probably ease back later this year.
  — Selcan Hacaoglu, Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• Almost every one has attributed its largesse to the tax cut bill, but that's just PR.
  — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 30 Jan. 2018
• Wentz also added barbecue grills to his Christmas largesse, one lineman said.
  — Les Bowen, Philly.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• Expect Santa’s largesse to include a sweet and sensual breakthrough.
  — Minerva, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Dec. 2017
• But he's now locked into the job by the largesse of his contract and the lack of better options for a 65-year-old whose best coaching days are likely behind him.
  — USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
• The workers pocketing four-figure bonuses from the parade of corporations sharing their largesse might answer one way.
  — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2018
• Meanwhile, Boeing and GE are doing fine without largesse from this purported lender of last resort.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2017
• But a new wrinkle may boost the push to rein in lobbyist largesse: A potential initiative petition could place a much more sweeping gift ban before voters later this year.
  — Jason Hancock, kansascity, 9 Jan. 2018
• In many of the states where public education spending has been drastically scaled back, college athletics continue to benefit from politicians’ largesse.
  — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2018
• This largesse appears to have helped at least set a floor...
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2019
• Last year, the Smiths’ largesse covered the adoption fees for 46 cats and dogs.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 8 May 2018
• These are not the people who enjoyed the largesse of the postwar golden age.
  — James Chappel, The New Republic, 15 Nov. 2021
• But track and field has always come in for more than its fair share of the company’s largesse.
  — oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2021
• For adult children on the receiving end of parental largesse, the help can come as a blessing or a curse.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
• Yet this largesse has not changed the economics of the electric car market.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2018
• Despite the largesse, there are concerns that millions of people will still fall through the cracks.
  — Eliza MacKintosh, CNN, 18 Mar. 2020
• That speaks well of the man footing the bill, Barry Diller, who mixed largesse with vigilance.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 June 2021
• Lee wields Washington’s charm and largesse against him.
  — K. Austin Collins, HWD, 2 May 2018
• Brown was asked if medal expectations come with the largesse.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2021
• Companies used their newfound largesse to buy back shares of their stock.
  — Christine Romans, CNN, 17 Oct. 2019
• But moderates in the House and Senate fear the country will rebel against such largesse and want cuts in the price and the ambition of the package.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 27 Sep. 2021
• The target of Kelsey’s largesse is aware of the spending, though unfamiliar with the man behind it.
  — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2022
• Hardly any of this largesse was trickling down to the actual soldiers fighting the war, by the way.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 21 Aug. 2021
• The linebacker corps may be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the NCAA’s largesse.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2021
• The initial installation is just a taste of the Keithleys’ largesse.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 25 June 2020
• The bag could contain anything—a lucky gift of largesse, a biro, an apron, chilli sauce, a copy of next month’s gossip magazine.
  — A.a. Gill, A-LIST, 4 July 2018
• Stuck in prison, cut off from his union paychecks and pension, and the largesse of his mob friends, Sheeran watched his finances dwindle.
  — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2020
• Most notably missing is a list of promising high-tech candidates for the pot’s largesse.
  — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2019
• That largesse may have made the gas tax holiday a no-brainer for lawmakers, but more debates over the levy could be on the way.
  — Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Sep 2024