benignant

Example Sentences

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The benignant influence crept like gas through the Row.

From Literature

General Peckem roused himself after a moment with an unctuous and benignant smile.

From Literature

“The fame of Washington stands apart from every other in history,” Irving pronounced, “shining with a truer luster and a more benignant glory.”

From Salon

As most benignant benefactor ranks The man who saves our own sweet countryside— At once our chiefest glory and our pride— From all the many nauseating ills Which come out of advertisements of pills!

From Project Gutenberg

Well, these are great and magnificent favors of an over-ruling, most benignant Power; and yet there is a boast which belongs to our country that may seem to be overlooked.

From Project Gutenberg