How to Use benevolence in a Sentence

benevolence

noun
  • But that benevolence would wane if at least one of these movies doesn’t happen.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The piling up of ghastly episodes punctured the myth of Big Tech’s unerring wisdom and benevolence.
    Gilad Edelman, Wired, 8 Mar. 2020
  • But his latest project with Dole is less about bananas and more about benevolence.
    Tanya Klich, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The episode follows a spate of celebrity benevolence in recent weeks.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Not every school gets the benefit of such benevolence, of course.
    Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 10 Dec. 2020
  • In Weir’s film, Ed Harris plays the god-like creator Christof, whose benevolence is questioned.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 2 May 2024
  • But the worst seemed to confirm fears that patients on the receiving end of state benevolence lost all basic rights.
    Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The United States cannot sit aloof from a troubled world, dispensing its benevolence and largess; it, too, is caught up in the crisis.
    Ashish Jha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
  • For him, white benevolence denies black people the pride of achievement.
    Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 21 June 2019
  • Starlight), a member of the Seven who questions their benevolence.
    Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
  • To the outside world, Anker’s devotion to the family appeared to be an act of love rooted in a mix of benevolence, grief, and guilt.
    Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2021
  • And for a man who likes to be serenaded with cheers and adulation, the turkeys can’t praise him for his benevolence.
    Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Her works stand out for their benevolence, treating drama in a soft and poetic way.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 June 2024
  • Cost Plus Drugs, which launched in January, is Cuban’s attempt to prove that disruption can be a form of benevolence.
    Time, 17 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a comforting benevolence to not recalling the pain once felt.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
  • Web2, with its pervasive user surveillance and reliance on the benevolence of the tech leaders of this world, is not the answer.
    Max Thake, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The First Amendment does not entrust that power to the government’s benevolence.
    Matt Ford, The Atlantic, 19 June 2017
  • And benevolence is certainly top of mind as the world responds to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
    Marnie Hunter, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The expansive web of Al’s evil is answered by the benevolence of the folks surrounding Bill, and by Bill himself, a lost soul who finds himself again, right when his life’s about to end.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
  • In the work of both Molière and Larry David, the comedy lies in the main character’s extreme self-awareness about the fictitious nature of the benevolence.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • If Pablo had come under the benevolence of such a confessor, might this very portrait now under his hand carry her face?
    Cynthia Ozick, Harper's Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Hopefully, the uptick in benevolence -- in all its forms - carries into 2022 and beyond.
    Marnie Hunter, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
  • But Cohen’s benevolence will help player salaries escalate and might force some owners to think long and hard about cashing in their chips.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Even now, Indians have had to stand in queues for hours to get oxygen cylinders filled, wait for the benevolence of strangers on social media, and risk getting duped by those in it to make a quick buck.
    Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 6 May 2021
  • But these types of voluntary efforts depend on the benevolence of the company in question.
    Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Tilbury also admires John’s benevolence as much as his renowned talent.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But not everyone was willing to take the benevolence of the federal government on faith.
    Andrew Rudalevige, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Many places harbor a sense of benevolence toward outsiders.
    Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2022
  • But only the coldhearted would view his benevolence through such a distorted prism.
    Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Or, a remarkable act of Los Angeles benevolence — allowing a driver to cut in front of you.
    Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2019

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