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
  • Still, Arias said, the city has to set limits on its benevolence.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
  • But his latest project with Dole is less about bananas and more about benevolence.
    — Tanya Klich, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • That might appear to be pay-it-forward benevolence from Stankoven.
    — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • 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
  • Behind her dark wardrobe and dour demeanor lies benevolence and bravery.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
  • For him, white benevolence denies black people the pride of achievement.
    — Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 21 June 2019
  • Juice it all with benevolence and protection.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Her works stand out for their benevolence, treating drama in a soft and poetic way.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 June 2024
  • True benevolence considers and includes what works for you, too.
    — Simone Milasas, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Keeping faith in the benevolence of the Universe keeps the doors to abundance open.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Such myths helped maintain a comfort with Black success that could still be traced back to white benevolence.
    — Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Gabriel’s billionaire is, in his great benevolence, giving the help a few weeks off in Greece.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • These firms often present self-dealing as benevolence, playing to win in ways that erode trust and long-term resilience.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Tilbury also admires John’s benevolence as much as his renowned talent.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • There’s a comforting benevolence to not recalling the pain once felt.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
  • After April, then fame, then drilling down on your right path, then help, protection, benevolence.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2026
  • This question brings in the benevolence component, and both are required.
    — Simone Milasas, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • While some of this arises from benevolence, there is also a potential cost savings.
    — Philip Chard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2018
  • Starlight), a member of the Seven who questions their benevolence.
    — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
  • Starlight), a member of the Seven who questions their benevolence.
    — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But only the coldhearted would view his benevolence through such a distorted prism.
    — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • That wasn’t the only time the bar was the beneficiary of benevolence.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
  • 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
  • Seemingly opposing the drive to make a profit is the notion of benevolence.
    — Simone Milasas, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The piling up of ghastly episodes punctured the myth of Big Tech’s unerring wisdom and benevolence.
    — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Then there’s protection and benevolence.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
  • 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

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