providential
Example Sentences
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“Over the last few days, many people have said it was a providential moment.”
From BBC
"Many people say it was a providential moment. It probably was."
From BBC
He calls his two decades on Capitol Hill a “providential” appointment, but says his long tenure was unanticipated.
From Washington Times
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
It invokes religious faith, patriotism and a belief that the United States is a providential undertaking.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
