Example Sentences

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Shy says he has a knack for timing, for providentially capturing extraordinary scenes as they happen.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

McCurdy's memoir providentially came along shortly after both my mother and mother-in-law died within weeks of each other.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2022

We’ll seize the power that we have given to us by the Constitution and as well by you, providentially.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2022

Entirely self-taught, Pitseolak providentially connected with James Houston, an artist, writer, government field officer and Indiana-Jones-style swashbuckler.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2022

If the children had not been providentially sheltered before the gale reached this high point, it was scarcely possible that they would be found alive after the blizzard was over.

From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks