Usage examples for benevolent:

• All the while the benevolent old face was shining with happiness, and tears were streaming down the wrinkled cheeks. "The Plow-Woman" – Eleanor Gates

• There would be less talk of benevolent bees if the gloves were off. "Lore of Proserpine" – Maurice Hewlett

• The benevolent provision of the act under which the protection has been extended alike to the commerce of other nations can not fail to be duly appreciated by them. "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present" – Various

• The sound, indeed, came distinctly enough to our ears, but it was of one voice only, the benevolent tones of the Vicomte de Clericy, followed by his pleasant laugh. "Dross" – Henry Seton Merriman