How to Use benign in a Sentence

benign

adjective

• We were happy to hear that the tumor was benign.
• Still, the roaming packs of wild boars seen feasting at trash bins around the city these days are not exactly benign.
  — Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2021
• The effect is benign, even pretty, but the implications less so.
  — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
• The humidity of today is gone, and winds are relatively benign from the north.
  — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021
• As the elk of Point Reyes might attest, grass-fed beef and dairy are not ecologically benign.
  — Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 23 Sep. 2021
• Last winter was relatively benign, and in some cases even kind to critters that live or die on the whims of winter weather.
  — Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2021
• In another, the bot mistook a mammogram of a benign breast cyst for an image of testicles.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
• The word booster kicked off the pandemic benign and simple, a chipper concept most people linked to things such as morale and rockets.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2021
• While some reasons are more benign than others, the behavior can signal larger health concerns, says Alt.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
• April 1987 - Undergoes surgery to remove a benign brain tumor.
  — CNN, 24 Sep. 2021
• The results showed a tentorial meningioma, a benign tumor located where the brain connects to the brainstem.
  — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Sep. 2021
• But some argue that the actions of people like Dolezal, Krug, the seven influencers, and countless others are benign and harmless.
  — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
• Some plagiarism is seemingly benign but gaining social currency, clout, or capital through thievery should come with hefty penalties.
  — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
• The character is described as a benign, play-it-safe, seemingly risk-averse computer salesman and devoted family man, married with two kids.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 8 Sep. 2021
• In July, Spencer disclosed on social media that, after about three weeks of headaches and other symptoms, she had been diagnosed with a benign tumor in her brain.
  — Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2021
• Weis said Johnson also was born with fetal alcohol syndrome and lost about one-fifth of his brain tissue when a benign tumor was removed in 2008.
  — Jim Salter, ajc, 5 Oct. 2021
• Examine the clues, discard the red herrings, ignore the obvious, and clock the suspicious behavior of that seemingly benign neighbor.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
• Farther south, the effects of the heat are less benign.
  — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2019
• In the moment, that Marisnick did not catch the ball was benign.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 29 June 2018
• Closer to the surface of the Earth, the effect is not so benign.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 15 May 2024
• More benign footage has been removed from the video, as well.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 26 July 2023
• Odds are the lump is benign, and your guy may not need to address it at all.
  — Jenna Birch, Health.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• There are about 4,000 species of snails worldwide and most are benign.
  — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 5 Aug. 2020
• But the tumor was benign, and Quinn had surgery to enable him to live with the tumor.
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022
• Some of the pictures are as benign as a day at the beach, but others smack of danger.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 June 2022
• At first glance, the items listed for sale on Craigslist seemed benign: Blue socks.
  — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
• The intent might be as benign as the creative use of language.
  — Robert Myers, Quartz, 8 Aug. 2019
• The current that cut that canyon looks shallow and benign.
  — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 11 Dec. 2020
• The benign terra cotta heads were deemed by some to be racist.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2017
• These benign small and firm white bumps appear on the face—usually around the eyes.
  — Carley Millhone, Health, 19 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024