benignancy

Example Sentences

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The face which had not lost all its underlying benignancy even when it looked its coldest, had now become settled and hard.

From Dark Hollow by Green, Anna Katharine

The beauty of the morning, its stillness, its serenity, its odorous opulence, struck upon my senses with a kind of ironic benignancy, as if to say, "Why agonize over so small a thing?"

From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin

The venerable holy men on either side have all Bellini's suave benignancy and incapacity for sin: celestial grandfathers.

From A Wanderer in Venice by Morley, Harry

She gazed upon the two silent men with an expression that united benignancy with profound inquietude and sadness.

From The Price of Love by Bennett, Arnold

Angelico's benignancy and sweetness are here, but it is not the equal of the "Coronation," which is a blaze of pious fervour and glory.

From A Wanderer in Florence by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)