benignancy

Example Sentences

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When I had ended he was looking at me with a benignancy that I had never seen before upon his face.

From Jacqueline of Golden River by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)

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

She took his great toil-worn hand, and her hot tears fell on it, for his gentleness, his benignancy, had touched her deeply.

From The Valley of the Giants by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

There was but one moon in all his heavens, a warm, friendly, almost mystic moon that rendered gentle and fine everything upon which it bestowed benignancy.

From Mixed Faces by Norton, Roy

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

From The Planet Strappers by Gallun, Raymond Z.