Sentence examples for be benevolent from inspiring English sources
adjective
Having a disposition to do good.
- Chinese and Eastern mythologies describe dragons as benevolent.
Some such beings were thought to be benevolent, or at least neutral, toward humans.
In other religions Eastern, ancient, and those of nonliterate cultures such intermediate beings are less categorical, for they may be benevolent in some circumstances and malevolent in others.
Black shamans dealt with evil spirits and could be benevolent or harmful; white shamans were concerned with spiritual intercession for human beings.
The reality might not be benevolent.
Autocrats may start out thinking they will be benevolent dictators.
Of course, some landlords – like mine – can be benevolent; others ruthlessly profiteering.
Does that make it easier for him to claim to be benevolent?
Tragically, Homo sapiens is not prone to be benevolent to the rest of life.
According to today's business literature, to be a leader is, by definition, to be benevolent.
Of course, not all lawyers will be benevolent, even if their firms do have last-minute slots available.
I was fresh out of drama school and thought that a filmmaker would be benevolent, constructive, artistic.
