The officials, who have tried to give the operation a benign appearance, pointed out that the Hong Kong police officers involved were unarmed.

Long white tufts of hair sprouted from it now, giving him an oddly benign and almost comic appearance, probably not his intention.

For example, in Terminator 2, it disguises itself as a police officer to gain trust, access information, and provide a benign appearance.

But her benign appearance belies a challenging past.

The man was quietly reading, and his white hair and benign appearance were reassuring.

As they had before, the Organians assumed a generally benign, non-threatening humanoid appearance.

It might have been music lessons, to judge by the Ancient's benign and gentle appearance.

She has an X-shaped stitching across her face and a fairly benign, young appearance.

He'd expected Tharn to be a man of benign appearance, but he'd also pictured him as an elderly fossil.

And its benign appearance makes it easy to disguise as harmless goods, easily slipped across borders.