benevolences

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Patiently they awaited lustrous benevolences of Dazbog the Sun God.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Xeric Foundation, along with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, stands as one of comicdom's twin benevolences.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are, doubtless, loans which are disguised benevolences, where the lender gets nothing good in return for his loan.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

Gifts went to the poor, contributions unstinted went to his church and to the benevolences of his denomination.

From Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College by Smith, William Robert Lee

Ah, that is another of Mercedes's romantic benevolences.

From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas