providential
Example Sentences
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Mr. Dreisbach notes the powerful importance of the Exodus story of providential liberation and deliverance as the model for Americans’ rebellion against Britain’s pharaonic royalty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
“Over the last few days, many people have said it was a providential moment.”
From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024
It could have been a providential opportunity for Biden to take stock of his situation and do some serious reflection.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2024
The show had perhaps been conceived “in a completely different setting, with a different message,” she said, according to a news release, but it was “all the more providential to open this exhibition today.”
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2023
Despite the confident and providential statements of leaders like Paine, Jefferson, and Adams, the conclusions that look so foregone to us had yet to congeal for them.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing providential
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