How to Use providence in a Sentence

providence

noun
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  • By the end of the play, divine providence is much harder to discern.
    — The Economist, 12 July 2018
  • Making sense of the human soul is the providence of faith and art, not science.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2020
  • As the saying has it, God has a special providence for fools.
    — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 24 June 2019
  • The show felt almost like providence, as Farahani views all her past roles.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • If someone is meant to be in your intimate circle, then divine providence may give you a clue in the week ahead.
    — oregonlive, 10 May 2020
  • Why agree to being an accomplice to the whims of a nonsensical providence?
    — Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 1 Feb. 2023
  • There is no simple explanation for the mix of providence and human will that sets the direction of our lives.
    — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Medved takes special interest in how fate or providence operated for the good of the country.
    — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The symbol was intended in this work to suggest divine providence.
    — Menachem Wecker, National Review, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Our founders invoked a firm reliance on divine providence.
    — NBC News, 9 Dec. 2019
  • But by God’s grace, they will be answered by his divine providence.
    — Mark Purdy, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2017
  • Wallace has faith in the providence of New England weather.
    — Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Alcanar is a city in the providence of Taragonna, part of Catalunya.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Seating arrangements are the providence of a host, and Trudeau and his beautiful white teeth and his shiny hair weren’t going to refuse.
    — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Many conservatives view their plans as blessed by divine providence.
    — Bobby Jindal, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Henry did not base his right on her legitimacy but on divine providence.
    — Leanda De Lisle, Newsweek, 13 July 2014
  • So it’s an accident—maybe an accident caused by providence.
    — Dennis Lim, The New Yorker, 15 May 2022
  • To him, there’s providence behind the symmetry of the circumstances of his first starts at LSU and Auburn.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Directing the classic Russian play, which deals with the loss of one’s home and motherland, is another bit of providence.
    — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2022
  • And then by some divine providence, suddenly the money showed up one day, and from the moment of that happening to us shooting was a very fast period, three months.
    — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2020
  • And then, with the help of providence (the farmer's familiar friend and foe), came the nutritional and scientific findings.
    — Mike Sager, Esquire, 25 Feb. 2015
  • Whether this situation is powered by providence or human design, or both, many kids starting school this week live in a miracle.
    — David Harsanyi, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020
  • But as the saying has it, God has a special providence for fools, drunkards and the United States of America.
    — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 31 May 2018
  • But DeTiger didn’t need the algorithm’s divine providence.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
  • No, from the perspective of Al Qaeda, the truest sign of divine providence must have been the American reaction to the attacks.
    — Noah Feldman, Esquire, 9 Oct. 2008
  • Conservative estimates suggest that tens of thousands more are scheduled to be launched over the next five years to perform missions limited to the providence of major nations only a decade ago.
    — Charles Beames, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Because Hoover died before the Watergate break-in, providence called a halt to the escalation of tension between him and the president.
    — Patty Limerick, The Denver Post, 19 May 2017
  • Louisianians know all about weathering hard providences.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 13 May 2020
  • His eldest son, Tagg, suggests that there is an element of providence in his father’s circumstances.
    — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2020
  • As long as the heart remained young the unshaken belief in God’s providence should keep their hearts pure and help them to overcome all obstacles, and enable them to come out victorious in the battle of life.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2021

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