Sentence examples for benign style from inspiring English sources

Fortnum's benign style and kind eye matched the warmth of Bond's story.

That Mr. Huckabee has gotten as far as he has shows just how in sync his benign style is with the cultural moment.

In my head, I have called this style "benign neglect" and am pleased to say it has resulted in three confident, extremely capable junior-high and high-school kids.

In its more benign forms, this style of coverage means that media outlets can report as news the fact that a candidate plans to launch one strategy or another, as The Associated Press did recently in the case of Mr. Obama.

Criticism of Norman was not tolerated by the group; Tumminia describes Norman's leadership style as "benign authoritarian".

This style involved a benign and responsible attitude and behaviour towards women, respecting, protecting and truly loving their partners and wives.

Its concept of equidistance among faiths, of state indifference rather than hostility to religion, is more benign (and tolerant) than European-style secularism, which positions itself aggressively against religion.

His style in the chair was benign and marked by little slips over names - "Raison" for "Renton" - and the odd soldierly expletive delivered not quite off-mike.

Politics Italian-style looked particularly comical and benign this past week as Americans relived John Edwards's marital betrayal on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in all its sad, sordid detail.

His interrogating style was a sequence of apparently benign questions followed by a sudden ambush.

With a worldwide television audience, Mr. Ahmed might have been expected to favor a style that was at least somewhat benign.