Thesaurus / benignant
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
This stubborn resistance lent all the more lustre to the piety of our benignant Rulers.
They certainly were attractive specimens of their race, and the Quaker miller who offered them had a most benignant countenance.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND
He had a loose hairy benignant face with a humorous but penetrating eye and the usual domelike brow.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
With the sun was associated a supreme power that presided over the universe, benignant and eternal.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IJOHN LORD
As she stood there in the doorway, lamp in hand, she looked like a benignant mother waiting to greet a returning child.
COUNTRY NEIGHBORSALICE BROWN
Her path had fallen in pleasant places, and only benignant spirits attended her.
A HOOSIER CHRONICLEMEREDITH NICHOLSON
And over a broader field and upon a larger sphere shall the benignant influence of this system of public instruction be felt.
THOUGHTS ON EDUCATIONAL TOPICS AND INSTITUTIONSGEORGE S. BOUTWELL
The brows are straight, the nose finely modeled, the lips rather full, the expression benignant.
GREEK SCULPTUREESTELLE M. HURLL
"You will hold the basin," said he, directing me with his calm, benignant eye.
ERNEST LINWOODCAROLINE LEE HENTZ
A benignant sun in a cloudless sky had enlisted himself as a member of the wrecking crew on Razee Reef.
BLOW THE MAN DOWNHOLMAN DAY
WORDS RELATED TO BENIGNANT
- affectionate
- all heart
- appreciating
- benign
- benignant
- caring
- commiserating
- compassionate
- comprehending
- condoling
- considerate
- having heart in right place
- interested
- kind
- kindhearted
- kindly
- loving
- pitying
- responsive
- sensitive
- soft
- softhearted
- supportive
- tender
- thoughtful
- understanding
- vicarious
- warm
- warmhearted
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