kindly act
Example Sentences
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The winter wind is not so unkind as this cadaverous man’s ingratitude to the gendarmes for their kindly act.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
In a land where three thousand years of intrigue has bred a suspicious people, a kindly act is not the best symptom.
From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Hervey, Harry
Speak kindly, act gently, “condescend to men of low estate.”
From The Mind of Jesus by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)
Beauharnais, came to thank the general for his kindly act of restitution.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
—Burns A kindly act is a kernel sown, That will grow to a goodly tree, Shedding its fruit when time has flown, Down the gulf of eternity.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education
