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

We think the habitual expression of his face to be that of the sage benignity that comes with age when life has been well lived and life's work well done.

From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)