How to Use providence in a Sentence

providence

noun

• By the end of the play, divine providence is much harder to discern.
  — The Economist, 12 July 2018
• Making sense of the human soul is the providence of faith and art, not science.
  — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2020
• As the saying has it, God has a special providence for fools.
  — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 24 June 2019
• Alcanar is a city in the providence of Taragonna, part of Catalunya.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2017
• To him, there’s providence behind the symmetry of the circumstances of his first starts at LSU and Auburn.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 17 Nov. 2021
• The show felt almost like providence, as Farahani views all her past roles.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• But by God’s grace, they will be answered by his divine providence.
  — Mark Purdy, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2017
• If someone is meant to be in your intimate circle, then divine providence may give you a clue in the week ahead.
  — oregonlive, 10 May 2020
• But as the saying has it, God has a special providence for fools, drunkards and the United States of America.
  — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 31 May 2018
• Wallace has faith in the providence of New England weather.
  — Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
• Some early settlers may have seen divine providence in the name.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
• Seating arrangements are the providence of a host, and Trudeau and his beautiful white teeth and his shiny hair weren’t going to refuse.
  — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 11 Oct. 2017
• God, in His providence, ordains some things to come to pass only because people pray for them.
  — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2024
• There is no simple explanation for the mix of providence and human will that sets the direction of our lives.
  — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2021
• The film introduces the concept of in-yun, which can be interpreted as providence or fate.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
• No, from the perspective of Al Qaeda, the truest sign of divine providence must have been the American reaction to the attacks.
  — Noah Feldman, Esquire, 9 Oct. 2008
• Consider it a fellowship of church and state, where providence smiles on judges and constituents in equal measure.
  — Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
• Why agree to being an accomplice to the whims of a nonsensical providence?
  — Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 1 Feb. 2023
• Medved takes special interest in how fate or providence operated for the good of the country.
  — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2020
• The wind of providence is always blowing; her nose cannot help making out whatever tragedies may float upon it.
  — Scott Sayare Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 14 June 2024
• Directing the classic Russian play, which deals with the loss of one’s home and motherland, is another bit of providence.
  — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2022
• The symbol was intended in this work to suggest divine providence.
  — Menachem Wecker, National Review, 1 Nov. 2017
• But DeTiger didn’t need the algorithm’s divine providence.
  — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
• And then, with the help of providence (the farmer's familiar friend and foe), came the nutritional and scientific findings.
  — Mike Sager, Esquire, 25 Feb. 2015
• Our founders invoked a firm reliance on divine providence.
  — NBC News, 9 Dec. 2019
• The thankfulness didn’t just stop with India, providence and clarity, but for massive pipes, warm nights and survivors’ joy.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
• And then by some divine providence, suddenly the money showed up one day, and from the moment of that happening to us shooting was a very fast period, three months.
  — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2020
• Ideas about providence and a promised land are woven into our founding mythology.
  — Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
• Because Hoover died before the Watergate break-in, providence called a halt to the escalation of tension between him and the president.
  — Patty Limerick, The Denver Post, 19 May 2017
• As for Clinton, as a Methodist she may be driven to consider John Wesley’s lengthy sermon on divine providence.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2016

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024