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

Under their benignancy no loss could befall, no fate miscarry—for in his last thought he felt his vision opened, for the moment, to perceive a fine tracery of fate.

From The Gentleman from Indiana by Tarkington, Booth

He had a slight swagger, balanced by a certain benignancy.

From The Planet Strappers by Gallun, Raymond Z.

Opening the door of the apartment in which Clelia was anxiously awaiting her mother's return, he entered with a false benignancy upon his face.

From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Garibaldi, Giuseppe

He regarded Gaspard the smith with real benignancy.

From The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium by Abdullah, Achmed