benison
Example Sentences
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Like Malik Solanka of Fury, who fled to America “to receive the benison of being Ellis Islanded,” the Goldens, too, have come seeking rebirth in the land of reinvention.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2017
"A Bit of a Tune" revisits Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" and its crack-of-dawn encounter with the moon, finding it "a benison and a boon".
From The Guardian • Sep. 28, 2012
Frances Conroy's Mags is quite touching as she seeks a parental benison on her vocation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pastor Olav Gautestad spread his benison even over the unflagging newsmen and photographers.
From Time Magazine Archive
I wouldn't have missed Dot, doing the honors in her wedding-gown: my benison on her bright face! for any money.
From The Cricket on the Hearth A Fairy Tale of Home by Dickens, Charles
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
