Sample sentences for MUNIFICENT

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Definition

very generous — especially with money

She was in a munificent mood and contributed a million dollars to the cause.

munificent = very generous — especially with money

a munificent gift
repeated deeds of munificent yet unobtrusive charity
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Fall of the House of Usher

munificent = very generous

However, even the most munificent of tips lose their effect when a Director of the Company is on board and issues his orders.
Agatha Christie -- Murder On The Orient Express

munificent = generous

Munificent as life was to me, I added to that munificence.
London, Jack -- John Barleycorn
When he saw me, he made me a low bow and assured me that I was a munificent patron of art.
Wilde, Oscar -- The Picture Of Dorian Gray
, he received the munificent salary of 'six dollars a quarter and board.
Melville, Herman -- Typee
This munificent charity from the man of the waters to the poor Cingalese was accepted with a trembling hand.
Verne, Jules -- 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
Again: Tellson's was a munificent house, and extended great liberality to old customers who had fallen from their high estate.
Dickens, Charles -- A Tale Of Two Cities
The College of Cardinals had obviously chosen a noble and munificent leader.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
But despite this apparent munificence, the meat he'd been killing was very lean, and he was consuming fewer calories than he was burning.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
I did not feel munificent, but thankful, each time he would let me in.
Margaret Atwood -- The Handmaid's Tale
The seizure of the multi-billion dollar d'Anconia Copper was to come as a munificent surprise to the country.
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
The beadle stood dumfounded, not able to understand this untimely munificence when there were still so many things for the stranger to see.
Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary
The work appears to be light and the pay munificent.
Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Again: Tellson's was a munificent house, and extended great liberality to old customers who had fallen from their high estate.
Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
Nearly everything she possessed flowed from Nathan's munificence, including even (she said with a giggle) her diaphragm.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
He gave a great symphony conductor a munificent yearly income, for no work at all, on the sole condition that he never conduct an orchestra again.
Ayn Rand -- The Fountainhead
I particularly wish, and intend, to act munificently, Mr Clennam.'
Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit

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