Sentence examples for he was benevolent from inspiring English sources
And he was definitely a dictator (though whether he was benevolent or tyrannical is debatable).
At first he was benevolent to the Senate of Rome, supervised the provisioning of the city, and legislated in favour of its university, the nursery of officials (law of 370).
He was benevolent toward the humans, and he took care that his territory received the right amount of rain at the right time, for good growth of the crops.
Ann's envy was only fleeting — it was benevolent, gracious.
The Psychopath: Convinces you they are benevolent.
He could be benevolent yet, to nose-poking reporters, a bully.
He was a benevolent dictator whose benevolence and dictatorialness were both outsized.
He was a benevolent tornado of a dean.
"He was a benevolent despot and operated as such.
He was a benevolent dude with John Lennon specs who spent a lot of time on boats.
Max died before I was born, but he was a benevolent ghost throughout my childhood, for my parents were close friends of Max's widow, Louise Maxx's eldest daughter, Bertha Frothingham; and Bertha's husband, John, who was my pediatrician.
