Who would have thought that he was capable of that gracious little speech just now?

And she managed to come up with a gracious little speech of thanks.

He was "a man of gracious speech, full of faith, and furnished by the Lord with gifts from above."

In a gracious speech, he accepted full responsibility for the defeat and said he had no regrets.

Shamrock gave a gracious speech after the fight but left it ambiguous whether he would retire from the sport.

The captain then made what might have been a gracious speech if there hadn't been so much snarling hatred in it.

"In all my reading, I can't recall where I heard that gracious speech before."

The deep, bell-like voice went on with a gracious speech of gratitude.

He had written a short and gracious speech about moving the country forward and cooperating with the victor.

With a gracious speech and promise of hospitality, the king brought Ivan inside.