The Americans, they argued, were a benign presence.

But he questioned whether even law-abiding transfer stations would ever be a benign presence in a neighborhood.

She could vividly picture the milky white waters glowing with the benign presence of the goddess.

Now she is a benign presence which gives the engang a heart.

But he feels their benign presence, sustaining him, nourishing him.

Cupped in some great hand, a feeling she remembered from those camping trips, when she had felt the land under her as a benign presence.

That, we hoped, would fall before the benign presence of Witted ones in the Queen's own court.

The Panthers are portrayed as a benign presence, devoted largely to giving breakfast to poor children.

He is a benign presence in what is not always a placid environment.

Their new home is haunted by all sorts of benign magical presences.