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Example sentences for "benevolence"

Lexicographically close words:
benefitting; benes; beneth; benethe; beneuolence; benevolences; benevolent; benevolently; beniamin; benighted
  1. Her noble aspect had recovered more than its usual serenity; it was radiant with benevolence and pleasure; and, when we were left an instant together, "My Juliet!

  2. Consequently, her benevolence was neither wild in theory nor precipitate nor ostentatious in practice.

  3. Her vanity was innocent and transient, her benevolence permanent and useful.

  4. The universal experience is, that neither the benevolence of the manufacturer nor the conscience of the parent will prevent the steady employment of children of tender years in factory work, provided sufficient wages be offered.

  5. Every efficient worker in the field of benevolence should have time and place for solitude, and for other pursuits or amusements.

  6. Everything seemed in readiness for some comprehensive and well-laid scheme of benevolence and education for the street-children of New York.

  7. Our effort at musical benevolence became a series of most inharmonious squabbles.

  8. It had not hurt him to sketch the project of the conjunction; benevolence assisted him; but he winced and smarted on seeing it take shape.

  9. Benevolence had singled him for uncommon benefits: malignancy was at work to rob him of them.

  10. There was a pleasing benevolence in his expression, as his mild but piercing eyes ran over the group.

  11. If this was not a scheme, full of wisdom, of goodness and benevolence, he know not what wisdom, goodness, or benevolence meant.

  12. If the Colonization Society was indeed so full of benevolence and mercy, how was it that its character was so misunderstood by the colored people, for whose special benefit it had been originated?

  13. Mr. Breckinridge had lauded the Colonization Society as a scheme of benevolence and patriotism.

  14. But that the increasing wisdom and benevolence of the South will compensate for the folly and phrenzy at the North, there is good reason to hope.

  15. Not that his benevolence was at all limited to such manifestations; if it did not deal in sentiment, it took the widest range of practice.

  16. And we can not forbear the hope, that the exceeding beauty of the summer will stimulate the activity and benevolence of those guardians of our city joy, in whose hands lies the fate of the "Up-town Park.

  17. My second argument in proof of the divine benevolence is derived from the disturbed, broken, and overturned condition of the earth's crust.

  18. That fact is most perfectly explained by supposing that divine wisdom and benevolence adapted the new species, which from time to time were created, to the changing and improving condition of the earth.

  19. Had there not been something in man's character requiring the discipline of trials, would pure benevolence have sent them?

  20. My seventh geological argument for the divine benevolence is derived from the manner in which coal, rock salt, marble, gypsum, and other valuable materials were prepared for the use of man, long before his existence.

  21. I derive a fourth geological argument for the benevolence of the Deity, from the manner in which the metallic ores are distributed through the earth's crust.

  22. Who can find the traces of benevolence in the midst of such desolation and death?

  23. Infinite benevolence gives him over, and no longer holds back the sword of retributive justice.

  24. For the world is evidently not such a world as infinite wisdom and benevolence would prepare for a being perfectly holy and happy.

  25. The geological proofs of the divine benevolence considered in the last lecture present only a partial view of that glorious characteristic of Jehovah.

  26. Boaz was attending his reapers in the field when his benevolence was awakened in favour of Ruth, the widow of his kinsman.

  27. Benevolence degenerates into tyranny, and admiration into servility.

  28. The fields of benevolence and love extend far beyond; and when economy has adjusted its balance, the mind begins to benefit by its own justice, and the heart expands in the boundlessness of its affection.

  29. Nothing could be more admirable than this humor, except perhaps the benevolence shown in so bringing an estimable woman off from a false position.

  30. A man noted for his benevolence is "No' the warst man in the worilt.

  31. They praised me, but not a farthing did I ever get from them; and the semblance of sanctity in this nation presented a singular contrast with the genuine piety and benevolence of the Khivan Ozbegs.

  32. This is a real act of benevolence for the poor Sunnitish mendicants in Persia, who do not obtain a farthing from the Shiitish Persians.

  33. It is somewhat difficult to discern the design or the benevolence in so making the world that billions of animals live only on the agonies of others.

  34. The Romance of Figures How long, according to the universal benevolence of the New Testament, can a man be reasonably punished in the next world for failing to believe something unreasonable in this?

  35. Possessing a disposition congenial with that of her late excellent husband, her long life was distinguished by the practice of benevolence and of every Christian virtue.

  36. In his personal habits he was frugal almost to parsimony, but his benevolence was only bound by his means.

  37. Benevolence is out of date, quite vulgar.

  38. Benevolence certainly does not answer as a speculation!

  39. If she scolded her servants, it was from vanity, to show her knowledge superior to theirs: and she was kind to them from the same motive, that her benevolence might excite their admiration.

  40. He recollected with a force which gave him torture, the benevolence his brother had ever shown to him--the favours he had heaped upon him--the insults he had patiently endured in requital!

  41. The bailiff was right: even so low a den as his becomes ennobled by the presence of active benevolence and prejudice reclaimed.

  42. I have no right to tax your benevolence for others; but, instead of showering favours upon me, so little would suffice for her!

  43. The dog, put upon his tricks, delighted the children; and the poor actor, though his heart lay in his breast like lead, did his best to repay benevolence by mirth.

  44. I am instructed by a distinguished client, who is wealthy, and who from motives of mere benevolence interests himself in the said William and Sophy Waife, to discover their residence.

  45. I accepted this offering of kindness and benevolence with thanks direct from my heart, and went on board the vessel.

  46. It seemed to her that it was her destiny to be dependent on charity to eat bread given to her from the benevolence of a friend; and she thought that she could endure his benevolence better than that of any other.

  47. Benevolence from Aylmer Park or from Perivale would be altogether unendurable.

  48. In the case of Jeff Durgin the excess was intentional beyond the vague benevolence which prompted the giver of the party to ask certain other outsiders.

  49. He gave his number and street, and she thanked him with the benevolence that availed so much with the lower classes.

  50. Such were the comments which the missionary leader noted down at the time, and in reading them we are made to feel how much Christian benevolence excels the mere selfishness of the most enterprising colonist.

  51. To this spirit of toleration and benevolence must be attributed, under an all-wise Providence, the complete success and stability of the first civil government formed on this coast.

  52. With a goodness of heart and benevolence truly his own, Dr.


  53. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "benevolence" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    agape; altruism; amity; benefaction; beneficence; benefit; benevolence; benignity; blessing; boon; brightness; charity; cheerfulness; class; clemency; cogency; compassion; compliance; compliment; condolence; courtesy; decency; desert; disregard; excellence; expedience; fairness; favor; feeling; forbearance; forgiveness; friendship; generosity; gift; giving; goodwill; grace; healthiness; humanitarianism; humanity; indulgence; kindness; largess; leniency; love; magnanimity; manna; mercy; merit; mitigation; obligation; office; pardon; pathos; patience; philanthropy; pleasantness; present; quality; quarter; relief; reprieve; service; soundness; superiority; sympathy; tolerance; turn; usefulness; validity; value; virtue; wholeness; worth