How to Use benevolent in a Sentence

benevolent

adjective

• They tore out the windows of the club's simple storefront and bricked them over and left two much smaller windows … so that the look of the club changed from that of a benevolent neighborhood organization to that of a paramilitary one.
  — "The Talk of the Town",
• He belonged to several benevolent societies and charitable organizations.
• Instead the team thinks the best fit is the more benevolent scenario.
  — National Geographic, 4 Apr. 2016
• But even seasoned pilots warn that the air is not benevolent.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2020
• Out here, in nature and benevolent hands, guns seem to me more sporty than evil.
  — Rachel Levin, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2022
• These days, the set list is mostly old songs, and the vibe is largely benevolent.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
• Their goal is to become the world’s favorite benevolent brand.
  — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• She was taught to read and write by the benevolent mistress whose family owned her.
  — Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
• Among the many myths and claims, there is the theory of a benevolent Mothman.
  — Emma Platoff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2022
• Can the drone shot be benevolent, or, at the very least, objective?
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
• Flavor chooses to dance for his money and not do benevolent work like this.
  — Neil Shah, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2020
• Those who take them should get the setting right—a safe place, with benevolent people and a sober friend around.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2019
• But the once-benevolent king appears to have succumbed to avarice and begun meddling with the book of creation.
  — Edwin Evans-Thirlwell, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
• The benevolent warden built them a stilt home with a lovely water view, plus a web of netting to swing on.
  — Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
• The baby turns out to be a gentle giant — a benevolent ruler loved by his people.
  — Alex Suskind, EW.com, 19 July 2019
• Rodrigo has been at the center of that mostly benevolent storm this year.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 24 May 2021
• The two priests’ faith in a benevolent God is tested to the absolute limit.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 4 Oct. 2022
• Grandfather sometimes turned on us like a rigged trap, and of course the benevolent gaze of the sage became the glare of the patriarch.
  — Darryl Pinckney, High Cotton, 1992
• One of the greatest plays ever written has made its way to you like some sort of message in a bottle sent by a benevolent force.
  — Alex Watt, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2019
• As a boy, Amleth lives in a benevolent corner of this world.
  — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2022
• Grey-haired Tom presided over the place in a silent, benevolent manner.
  — Angela Rocco Decarlo, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
• Today, the state’s modern army of scribes presents Xi as just this type of benevolent ruler.
  — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022
• As Ely puts it in his author’s note, medicine must be more than benevolent.
  — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
• Your most generous and benevolent urges can find a suitable outlet in your own back yard.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 21 Oct. 2019
• Lately, the militant group has sought to present a more benevolent image.
  — al, 17 Aug. 2021
• Then the benevolent forces of the universe sweep in and collect our broken parts, our flaws and jagged edges, and turn them into works of art.
  — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 9 Nov. 2022
• And then the superficially benevolent culture around him starts to close in.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 June 2022
• His guilt does little to shore up his authority as the benevolent master who did right by his slave.
  — Vicente Rafael, The Atlantic, 31 May 2017
• Worse yet for the benevolent gatekeepers of the game, fans are increasingly on to their hustle.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 15 June 2020
• The Break is being spread by the four Tantas, once benevolent rulers who’ve gone mad from it.
  — George Yang, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024