Example sentences for: benevolence

How can you use “benevolence” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • For a particularly useful insight into the evolution of al Qaeda-written by an early Bin Ladin associate, Adel Batterjee, under a pseudonym- see Basil Muhammad, Al Ansar al Arab fi Afghanistan (The Arab volunteers in Afghanistan) (Benevolence International Foundation (BIF) and World Association of Muslim Youth, 1991).

  • After entering the proper definition in the margin, Selfish and corrupt behind a display of seeming benevolence, I sat down to decipher the new version: unctuously hypocritical.

  • "Given his personality, one can deduce that Moscow doesn't intend to surrender its international standing for the sake of its friendship with Washington, in spite of serious economic setbacks and the fact that it is dependent on American benevolence for overcoming them," the paper said.

  • "Beside the ox, the ass and the sheep around the Christmas manger, the wolf is an unusual candidate for Christmas benevolence," the newspaper admitted.

  • For the five centuries since then, the Buddha has been dispensing his benevolence to visitors in the open air.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast