1.   She, in turn, received a gracious note from Menuhin, not only a founder of schools for young musicians, but also a renowned humanitarian.

2.   The conversation, described by people with knowledge of the meeting between the two men last week, ended on a gracious note.

3.   To reply with anything but the quiet simplicity of a gracious note would be to ruin the delicate and fragile balance.

4.   Yet he sent the staff a gracious note.