Example Sentences

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Jordan, the friar who will be blessing the cross, rejected such criticism.

From Reuters • Jul. 18, 2011

"It is wisdom—if not the highest, my Lady Catherine," said the learned Doctor, "and if the matter succeeds—that, for your Cause, will be blessing enough!"

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

By this time, I daresay, you will be blessing the neglect of the maid that leaves me destitute of paper!

From The Letters of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

At one moment she will be blessing a country with plenty, peace, and sunshine; and she will the next moment ruin the whole of it by an earthquake.

From Is Life Worth Living? by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)