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adjective

providential

relating to or characteristic of providence

In a sentence

Six example sentences with providential, each labelled with its topic.

  • The storm that scattered the invading fleet was called providential in every sermon printed that autumn.

    History

  • A providential lull in the weather opened the pass for six hours, exactly when our permits expired.

    Travel

  • Eighteenth-century thinkers argued whether a providential order could be inferred from nature, and the debate outlasted them all.

    Philosophy

  • The novel ends with a providential inheritance that arrives the very week the family would have lost the house.

    Literature

  • A providential bounce off the back rim dropped the ball through as the buzzer sounded, and the crowd went silent.

    Basketball

  • A providential order from abroad arrived the week the factory would otherwise have closed its doors for good.

    Business

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