manna
Example Sentences
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When I got home, I flung myself onto the couch, basking in the AC’s icy coolness as if it were manna from heaven.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024
Turns out, an intermittent schedule of reinforcement — occasional pellets of counterfeit love dispensed like unpredictable manna — proves most effective to keep us pressing.
From Salon • Aug. 14, 2024
But as a person who enjoys marveling at the incredible weirdos who get elected in this country, I have to admit that the George Santos saga was like manna from heaven.
From Slate • Nov. 16, 2023
Nevertheless, even the most awkward moments were received like manna, but it was only around halfway through that anyone started having real fun, either onstage or off.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023
The way he went on for two hours about sitting down to the Lord’s great banquet and eating manna from heaven, we had our hopes set a little on the high side.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
Vocabulary lists containing manna
The Merchant of Venice
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