“What is benison for Chelsea inevitably turns out to be a curse on their peers.”

“It was a glorious morning, the impartial sun shining over everything with a kind of benison.”

“May the benison of the sightless bard bless you and yours for ever and ever!”

“He sees himself as the applied scientist who will bring the benisons of molecular biology to practical use.”

“And although he credits many individual paramours for their many individual benisons, a few reflections on serial polygamy would also be nice.”

“If you happen to be a writer, one of the great benisons of having children is that your personal culture-mine is equipped with its own canaries.”