benevolence

Example Sentences

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It’s a kind of moral laundering, where so-called benevolence masks self-interest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

There was a degree of benevolence in that ring.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

It’s a tale about how both benevolence and violence reverberate across generations, almost inescapably.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

She was soft and complex in Leigh’s sensitive slice-of-life films, supplying the nuance necessary to perform Leigh’s dialogue with the right amount of recognizable benevolence.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024

Long ago, when his mind had been a nimble boy’s called Wart—long ago he had been taught by an aged benevolence, wagging a white beard.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White