How to Use largesse in a Sentence

largesse

noun
Definition of largessenext
Synonyms for largessenext
  • He relied on the largesse of friends after he lost his job.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Brown was asked if medal expectations come with the largesse.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • State and local governments are busy studying where best to dispense the largesse.
    — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Italy Alive) party, in a spat over how much control Conte would hold in deciding how the EU largesse gets spent.
    — Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 20 Jan. 2021
  • Some of that largesse slips out of his wallet to feed hungry players, pretty much the norm for inner-city coaches.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2020
  • Female-only founding teams have raised only 1% of this year’s $4.2 billion largesse, per The Big Deal.
    — Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 22 Dec. 2021
  • His largesse ought to ensure at least an open mind among state leadership about large-scale casinos coming to Texas.
    — Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 31 Dec. 2020
  • But this access currently depends on the whims and largesse of a handful of billionaires.
    — Ramin Skibba, Wired, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Recipients of its largesse have hailed the group for coming through in difficult times.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The true testament to its largesse was what the prolific Wonder did next: nothing, for three years, then an album about plants.
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2022
  • As a result, those with assets such as stocks and bonds have been the main beneficiaries of the government's largesse.
    — Randy Charles Epping For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The hypocrisy of Russian officials and their families enjoying the largesse of the West has been an open secret in Russia for years.
    — CNN, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Not for Britain’s artists the largesse displayed by other Western governments.
    — The Economist, 22 June 2020
  • Furthermore, a guest enjoying the extreme largesse of an overnight stay doesn’t really have the right to lecture the host on etiquette.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • And the science agencies appear to be benefiting from that largesse.
    — Science News Staff, Science | AAAS, 12 July 2021
  • To finance all this largesse, Biden proposes to raise $2.5 trillion in new taxes on business.
    — John C. Goodman, Forbes, 8 May 2021
  • His largesse to Democratic causes was surpassed over the past two years only by that of George Soros, the liberal financier.
    — Nick Mourtoupalas, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Some of this largesse comes with the condition that institutions freeze tuition.
    — NBC News, 6 Feb. 2022
  • And the Knicks’ desperation, as evidenced by the largesse with Brunson’s contract, showed New York likely would have, as well.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 July 2022
  • Some states with relatively few cases have been able to reopen their economies faster and have more options on how to spend the federal largesse.
    — Geoff Mulvihill, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2020

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