benignancy

Example Sentences

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Under their benignancy no loss could befall, no fate miscarry—for in his last thought he felt his vision opened, for the moment, to perceive a fine tracery of fate.

From The Gentleman from Indiana by Tarkington, Booth

He had to perfection that reserve, that kind benignancy that a Beaminster ought to have; whenever Lady Adela questioned the foundations upon which the stability of her life depended he reassured her.

From The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary by Walpole, Hugh, Sir

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

From The Planet Strappers by Gallun, Raymond Z.

Then her kindness to me, her looks, her smiles, her actions, are all intentional benignancy.

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas

It was provokingly brilliant and warm; indeed I must, in justice to the Weather Office, allow, that its benignancy has scarcely been interrupted, since I ceased to care whether skies were foul or fair.

From Border and Bastille by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)