blessing

Example Sentences

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No one needed his blessing to enter the race, or his backing to sustain their candidacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

With the writer’s blessing he jotted down their conversations and interviewed his friends and associates; McMurtry tolerated these intrusions “as long as he could pretend I wasn’t writing a book,” Mr. Streitfeld tells us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

"It could only do this with Saudi blessing," Nawaz, author of "The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and a Tough Neighbourhood", told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

This is a blessing for the author, but it requires a commitment from the reader.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

The blessing is that these heartbreaks are but a few of the patches in my prairie year quilt.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson