heaven-sent

[ hev-uh n-sent ]

/ ˈhɛv ənˌsɛnt /

adjective

providentially opportune: A heaven-sent rain revived the crops.

Nearby words

heave-ho, give the, heave-off hinge, heaven, heaven knows, heaven-born, heaven-sent, heavenly, heavenly days, heavenward, heavenwards, heaves

Origin of heaven-sent

First recorded in 1640–50

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Examples from the Web for heaven-sent

Within hours, the moralizing Los Angeles local media had bungled this heaven-sent opportunity.
Mate the Press|Joe Mathews|June 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Heaven-sent—never a doubt, never a speculation; just knowing and believing—souls stripped bare of all pretence.
The Tin Soldier|Temple Bailey
Almost innumerable are the services which this heaven-sent plant renders to the inhabitants of the countries where it flourishes.
The Desert World|Arthur Mangin
In all the world there never was another such a comforting, sustaining, heaven-sent creature as you are!
The Little Grey House|Marion Ames Taggart

View your relative connections as each a Heaven-sent teacher.
The Young Maiden|A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey
And all unseen by you a host of heaven-sent fatuities swathes him about, even, maybe, as they swathe you about.
The Wheels of Chance|H. G. Wells

British Dictionary definitions for heaven-sent

heaven-sent

adjective

providential; fortunatea heaven-sent opportunity

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