benignity

Example Sentences

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It was as though, feeling my hand, he felt my benignity.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2019

Notice the benignity in those examples, because — quite importantly — Thor does not become malicious.

From Salon • May 1, 2019

He writes: “‘Carbon Ideologies’ largely neglects solar power, that being associated with decentralization and environmental benignity.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2018

Third, the benignity and violation have to be simultaneously interpreted; otherwise, the joke will fall flat.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2018

Is it not worth while to be haughty, arrogant, ill-tempered--as the case may be--if only for the fuller appreciation of our benignity when we elect to be benign?

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis