heaven-sent
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of heaven-sent
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
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Zakee’s “Ring My Bell” clip prompted other TikTok users to weigh in with their own stories of wins that seemed heaven-sent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Michael Powell’s dreamy “The Tales of Hoffman,” in its heaven-sent Technicolor.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
"My long, high-tech underwear was heaven-sent - effective and very, very welcome," she says, grimacing slightly at the memory of being so chilly.
From BBC ● May 11, 2022
A sleeping trumpet player dreams that he is a heaven-sent angel whose mystical horn will signal Armageddon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2020
Obviously, and a heaven-sent phenomenon it is—the mind stuff immediately loses its subject-image when the mind from which it came goes unconscious.
From The Beasts in the Void by Fairman, Paul W.
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