How to Use beneficence in a Sentence

beneficence

noun

• Those with food were obliged to share with those lacking, not as beneficence but more as a tax.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2021
• Only one of those managers, Ancelotti, left the club on his terms and with the broad beneficence of the fans.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2023
• But in looking at the serrated, blade-like teeth of Megalosaurus, Buckland saw the beneficence of God.
  — Brian Switek, Scientific American Blog Network, 10 July 2017
• But his faith in his country’s beneficence remains undimmed.
  — Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 16 May 2018
• Hence these remixes, which are, in the main, predatory moves passing as beneficence.
  — New York Times, 17 Feb. 2021
• Blatz's beneficence could have been tempered by the fact that three of the brewery's biggest competitors — Pabst, Schlitz and Miller — also made bids.
  — Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2017
• But even with these human enhancements the Maya remained at the mercy of nature’s beneficence.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 2 Aug. 2018
• But even with these human enhancements, the Maya remained at the mercy of nature’s beneficence.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2019
• Now, the couple, accustomed to being on the giving end of beneficence, is getting something.
  — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 22 June 2017
• Cue Sami's return to the house of horrors to convince his brother, with clear-sighted beneficence, to stop the cycle of violence.
  — Harry Windsor, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2017
• And Page's views on goodness, and corporate beneficence in particular, seem to have evolved along with his fortune.
  — Kevin Conley, Town & Country, 24 Mar. 2014
• But as the game goes on, the beneficence of your mission becomes increasingly uncertain.
  — Adrian Chen, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
• Whatever Musk does, the preservation of our digital cultural heritage should not have to rely on the beneficence of one man.
  — Brewster Kahle, Time, 13 Dec. 2022
• Medical practice permits some pain on the pathway to beneficence.
  — Joel B. Zivot, STAT, 26 Feb. 2024
• For her part, though, Jones has compared the creation of the monument to other federal policies that, while meant to express beneficence, had a profound adverse effect on her life.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Sep. 2021
• The beneficence of the cartels is the latest sign of their capacity to challenge and embarrass a Mexican government whose resources have been stretched thin by the crisis.
  — Fox News, 15 May 2020
• And for similar reasons: As stone walls emit heat after sundown, the Venetian’s pictures seem to generate light and beneficence from within.
  — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2021
• Ultimately, Lydgate succumbs to the jealousy of his rivals and to the perfidy of his patron, while the widowed Dorothea must sacrifice the goal of beneficence for the sake of finding happiness with a new husband.
  — Leslie Lenkowsky, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
• This is not, however, the result of cultural beneficence.
  — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• Throughout the land, upstanding citizens beheld the court’s beneficence and rejoiced.
  — Ian MacDougall, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
• Etsy One of the marvels of the modern day gift market is the way that its journals, magnets, and coffee mugs swing wildly between smiling beneficence and saucy declarations of misanthropy.
  — Eliza Brooke, Vox, 9 Nov. 2018
• Outside the foundation, her personal beneficence was vast and eclectic.
  — Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022
• In different ways, both talked through a new way of thinking about local news, and a novel business model for funding it, one that doesn’t depend on the beneficence of Facebook or Google (which also has a new plan for local coverage).
  — Farhad Manjoo, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2018
• Medieval and Renaissance painters depicted unicorns nestled in the Virgin Mary’s lap — a symbol of purity and beneficence.
  — New York Times, 17 Aug. 2021
• The monarchy in Thailand sits atop a cosmic hierarchy that demands order and obedience and offers beneficence.
  — The Economist, 12 Dec. 2020
• Sondheim tells Larson that his work is actually pretty good, despite his doubters, and his beneficence hangs over the movie, held up as an example of a previous generation supporting the next.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
• Even the more conservative and pragmatic teachings of Confucius and his heirs which are rooted in the traditions of the Chinese gentry ultimately aim toward the flourishing of the many under the beneficence of Heaven.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2011
• Their band was ironically named Daddy Warbucks, after the character in the musical Annie, who adopts and looks after the titular orphan, a stroke of beneficence Marshall must have wished for his entire childhood.
  — Bob Guccione Jr, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
• That is, the nonprofit organization raises its brand status by associating with a strong bank brand, and the bank’s beneficence earns it the trust and appreciation of the community.
  — Jeff Bradford, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• Nonmaleficence is often paired with a principle of beneficence, a duty to benefit patients.
  — Nancy S. Jecker, The Conversation, 23 June 2022

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024