Example Sentences

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The new lions are looking a tad ferocious rather than benevolently regal.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2022

The set responds to Khan’s excitement and distress, but not benevolently.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021

She doesn't benevolently lecture you on how you could, if you just tried, be economically simmering a pot of beans on the stove and roasting a chicken in the oven.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2021

Tribune’s acquisition by Alden was opposed by journalists at Tribune newspapers, who urged the previous management to seek local, benevolently minded owners for Tribune’s newspapers.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2021

The flush suddenly deepened; he was thinking of Lenina, of an angel in bottle-green viscose, lustrous with youth and skin food, plump, benevolently smiling.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley