beneficent

Example Sentences

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At the other end, three nuns from Chicago quietly chatter, favoring passers-by with beneficent smiles.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

I want to have the greatest beneficent impact on the largest number of people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

Yet it is the principal instrument for U.S. “soft power” and has done much, over the decades, to mold America’s image—to the extent it has one—as a beneficent country.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2025

When Butler’s Prospero refers to Miranda as “a third of mine own life” while bestowing her on Ferdinand, he seems more resentful than beneficent.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2023

It was beneficent, this attention—“Come to Columbia, Malia!” people were shouting—but it was not especially useful for a girl who was trying quietly to imagine her own future.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama