benison

Example Sentences

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Like Malik Solanka of Fury, who fled to America “to receive the benison of being Ellis Islanded,” the Goldens, too, have come seeking rebirth in the land of reinvention.

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2017

"A Bit of a Tune" revisits Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" and its crack-of-dawn encounter with the moon, finding it "a benison and a boon".

From The Guardian • Sep. 28, 2012

His rooms aren't closed, artificially lit boxes but part of a continuity between the inner and outer worlds, revealing the truth of both under the benison of natural light.

From Time Magazine Archive

Touring shows draw small audiences in the hinterlands without the benison of Broadway approval, regional writers do not achieve status until they have run the gamut of Manhattan's cold-eyed critics.

From Time Magazine Archive

They had the place to themselves, save for Tony the waiter, with his smile of benison; and Carl read from Yeats.

From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Lewis, Sinclair