benignant

Example Sentences

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From the Furies of frightful aspect they became the Benignant Ones, the Eumenides, protectors of the suppliant.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Benignant nature meant her children should live on in happy contentment here forever; but sin and Satan came in, and death was the vengeance that followed their doings.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

Benignant tumors frequently disappear on a limited diet.

From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.

Benignant and splendid, or splendid and sinister, the western sky reflects the hidden purposes of the royal mind. 

From The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph

Clang! clang!—we forge the colter now— The colter of the kindly plow; Benignant Father, bless our toil; May its broad furrow still unbind To genial rains, to sun and wind, The most productive soil!

From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.