blessing

Example Sentences

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I’m proud of everybody who worked on it, I’m proud of the audience that showed up for it, and overall it’s my hope and prayer that this special is a blessing to people.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

In practice, popes often used “just cause” elastically, blessing the expansionist campaigns of kings and emperors and sometimes even donning armor themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

"Rain is a sign of God's blessing," the pope declared in Spanish, prompting raucous cheers and applause.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Together, Julian and Lori discover that there’s an art to becoming someone else, an authenticity that can only be achieved by a symbiotic relationship where one creator has the other’s blessing.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Father Harte said the blessing, and afterward, Paddy Mulligan’s bow flew over the fiddle strings as Long Liam’s fingers pounded the skin of his drum.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff