Spock had taken the news with restraint and he had envied the Vulcan's philosophical acceptance of the inevitable, wishing it were his.

He turned his hands palms up in a gesture of philosophical acceptance.

Lord's philosophical acceptance of working conditions at the plant makes them seem more terrible: "When I first went to work there, my hands were awful sore.

Others have failed to reach Mr. Giorlandino's philosophical acceptance of Mr. Strahan's wild ways.

I was able to look back on the events of the past few days with a philosophical acceptance I found surprising in myself.

They press ahead to rebuild, accepting the week's tragedy with a measure of philosophical acceptance.

The Baron's capacity for philosophical acceptance became somewhat strained; but at the moment he had no real choice.

Urzúa tried to instill a philosophical acceptance of fate so they could accept their situation and move on to embrace the essential tasks of survival.

I had been present at a good many deaths, from accident, warfare, illness, or natural causes, and had seen men meet death in many ways, from philosophical acceptance to violent protest.

It also helped Tsakakis to take his boss's unpredictable and inconvenient work schedule with a certain philosophical acceptance.