BLESS in a Sentence

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For BLESS, below is one of 238 sentences:
"Monsieur," continued the countess, advancing with the majesty of a queen, "I owe to you the life of my son, and for this I bless you."

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 Meanings and Examples of BLESS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
bless
 v.  make or pronounce holy; consecrate; make happy
Classic Sentence: (200 in 14 pages)
1  Us is nest-buildin too, bless thee.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
2  Th Big Good Thing doesn't stop to worrit, bless thee.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
3  Pap used to sleep there, sometimes, 'long with the hogs, but laws bless you, he just lifts things when he snores.'
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
4  Laws bless you, chile, I 'uz right down sho' you's dead agin.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII.
5  But bless you, honey, I doan want none.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII.
6  "Monsieur," continued the countess, advancing with the majesty of a queen, "I owe to you the life of my son, and for this I bless you."
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 41. The Presentation.
7  I know what I am saying," continued the marchioness; "I must hurry you, so that, as she has no mother, she may at least have a grandmother to bless her marriage.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 72. Madame de Saint-Meran.
8  Jacopo will carry you to Leghorn, where Monsieur Noirtier awaits his granddaughter, whom he wishes to bless before you lead her to the altar.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
9  He's very moist and watery about the dewlaps, God bless him.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
10  He made the sign of the cross and prayed of the priest to bless him for he had sinned.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
11  But there are things that you know not, but that you shall know, and bless me for knowing, though they are not pleasant things.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
12  Then you shall bless me from first to last for your own sake, and for the sake of others and for her dear sake to whom I swore to protect.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
13  Poor man, he was very gentle, and when I came away he kissed my hand and bade God bless me.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
14  God bless him for all his goodness to poor dear Mina and me.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
15  Why, bless my heart and soul, look at the young lady and look at me.
Arms and the Man By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
Example Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
16  Good memories are in my deep blessing.
17  In such a soft and warm season, please accept my sincere blessing and deep concern for you.
18  Rivers are a blessing for an agricultural country.
19  The Defense Department has given its blessing to the scheme.
20  People do not know the blessing of health till they lose it.
21  A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
22  Living in such a beautiful old castle is something of a mixed blessing.
23  Pleasure and pain are the wealth of life, to escape its negative, as some of the face of courage, in fact, be able to recall a blessing.
24  The government has given its blessing to a plan to improve the rights of children.
25  It is by present heart of love that the blessing of future are planted, to be reaped when the future again becomes the present.
26  The people felt that a good man was indeed their leader; and in enthusiastic crowds they thronged his way, and invoking the blessing of God upon him.
27  A blessing on a hot day in zephyr form, something to lift birds and kites and make sailboats cut beautifully through the water.
28  The blessing of the Lord be upon you all.
29  He has had a decade to benefit from what he calls the blessing of Albert.
30  Some would argue this was no burden in fact, and that she should count her blessings.