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
  • Alcanar is a city in the providence of Taragonna, part of Catalunya.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2017
  • 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
  • The show felt almost like providence, as Farahani views all her past roles.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • But by God’s grace, they will be answered by his divine providence.
    — Mark Purdy, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • Wallace has faith in the providence of New England weather.
    — Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Why agree to being an accomplice to the whims of a nonsensical providence?
    — Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Medved takes special interest in how fate or providence operated for the good of the country.
    — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • The symbol was intended in this work to suggest divine providence.
    — Menachem Wecker, National Review, 1 Nov. 2017
  • But DeTiger didn’t need the algorithm’s divine providence.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • Our founders invoked a firm reliance on divine providence.
    — NBC News, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The thankfulness didn’t just stop with India, providence and clarity, but for massive pipes, warm nights and survivors’ joy.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • As for Clinton, as a Methodist she may be driven to consider John Wesley’s lengthy sermon on divine providence.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2016
  • Providence hosts the SoMeck8 baseball tournament this week.
    — Jay Edwards, charlotteobserver, 30 Apr. 2017
  • The church’s piano was supposed to be dedicated with a virtual recital on Feb. 21, but again providence — in the form of a hellacious deep freeze on Valentine’s Day — had other ideas.
    — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 13 June 2021
  • 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
  • For Cubs fans, losing was a divine providence that everyone accepted, a sign that even if life has suffering, that doesn’t mean it’s not worth living.
    — Will Leitch, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2017
  • So it’s an accident—maybe an accident caused by providence.
    — Dennis Lim, The New Yorker, 15 May 2022
  • 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

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