No celebrant ever started out with poorer grace or longer face to join what was meant to be a pleasure party.

With poor grace, Erica led her downstairs and got the carrier.

The official took the money with poor grace.

"It would not be fair to the others," she had explained, and he'd left with poor grace.

He did so, but with poor grace, and the questioning continued.

Carza did as he was told, with poor grace.

'All right,' she muttered at last, with very poor grace.

The rest of us did some waiting, Morley with very poor grace.

He had the poor grace to bleed on the books.

With poor grace, he translated what the Celt had said.