benignly

Example Sentences

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When E. coli fail to attach and colonize the gut, the pathogen benignly moves through and passes out of the body.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024

And one leader’s picture - smiling benignly from every traffic circle — stands out from the rest: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2023

And one leader’s picture — smiling benignly from every traffic circle — stands out from the rest: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2023

In their unmeasured hunger to capitalize on nostalgia and the promise of a built-in audience, studios time and again have refused to consider that what succeeded in one medium doesn’t inherently translate benignly into another.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023

The lake seemed to wash away the troubles of the past, and the grand old mountains to look benignly down upon them saying, “Little children, love one another.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott