benevolent

Example Sentences

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"It is the only alliance that, until now, had a major player behaving like a benevolent hegemon, one that did not impose its actions on others by force," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

And the federal government’s entry into migration sounds benevolent, but only one state had benevolent migration laws, and that was New York.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

Sun Ra was a mythologist, in a very benevolent, deliberate, emancipative sense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

“My brother was a very benevolent, giving person who would help just about anybody,” Kurt’s brother, Peter Van Dyke, told the San Francisco Chronicle.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

We prefer, none the less, to recognise human nature as we find it displayed in the everyday behaviour of the civilised majority in modern life—imperfect, no doubt, but certainly cooperative and frequently benevolent.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker