How to Use blessing in a Sentence

blessing

noun
  • He said a blessing before the meal.
  • We asked the Lord's blessing on us and on our project.
  • Presumably he was acting with the government's blessing.
  • They got married without their parents' blessing.
  • The former — the people who are there for you — are life’s richest blessing.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The sugar is a blessing because many of these products are sweetened with stevia.
    Drew Magary, Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure, and you are loved beyond words and will be missed beyond measure.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The actress, 32, has since given Gaga her blessing for stepping into the role.
    Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2023
  • For the Southwest, the North American monsoon can be both a blessing and a curse.
    Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Fearing the debate could boil over, Wallace sought Roosevelt’s blessing.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Pope Francis offered prayers for the victims during his weekly Sunday noon blessing.
    Gonzalo Solano and Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The comic leavening is a blessing when the show delves deeper into psychological terror.
    Joshua Alston, Variety, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Bond-market advisers who gave the new maturity their blessing warned the Treasury not to overestimate demand.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Kennedy gave his blessing to his buddy Frank Sinatra, who both starred in and produced the picture, and the filmmakers felt more comfortable making a movie so controversial for the time.
    Matt Novak, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But for Miller and the church, the money was a blessing.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2024
  • And it’s been a huge blessing to be here for this long.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The Danza Azteca group performed the ground blessing to end the event.
    Austindedios, oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Friends was and is a blessing to so many people around the world.
    David Janollari, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Your love and support for this show has been one of the great blessings of my life.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 20 June 2024
  • But doing my yard work with the hat wet was a blessing.
    Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
  • The rarity of the disease is both a blessing and a curse.
    Ebony Flake, Essence, 5 June 2024
  • To be able to watch it so many years later is such a blessing.
    Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 11 May 2023
  • In a way, playing this game Week 1 is a silent blessing.
    Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2023
  • At that time there was only one drug, but the blessing is, now there are over 40.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The Flavor asked them if their hometown was a blessing or a curse.
    Gary Campbell, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The goal: Recruit enough people to push yourself to the center of the board, or blessing loom.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • With his blessing, Thein and her team began scrambling to right the ship.
    WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Robbie has given Gaga her blessing to take a crack at the role.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 8 Apr. 2023
  • And when the wine was poured and the blessing was said, his big brother Elai, 26, tacked on a prayer for his safe return.
    Richard Engel, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • So, to have been able to survive and thrive is an immense blessing.
    Bianca Alysse, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023

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