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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