PROVIDENCE in a Sentence

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The cause was not in Dantes, but in providence, who, while limiting the power of man, has filled him with boundless desires.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROVIDENCE
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providence
 n.  act of providing or preparing for future use or application; making ready; preparation; foresight
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  There's a providence that watches over the deserving.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival.
2  So life went on for them as it does for those who are not victims of misfortune and whose activities glide along mechanically and tranquilly beneath the eye of providence.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19. The Third Attack.
3  The cause was not in Dantes, but in providence, who, while limiting the power of man, has filled him with boundless desires.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
4  Well, amiable Corsican, let us suppose it is providence.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 43. The House at Auteuil.
5  You mistake,' he said, 'providence does exist, only you have never seen him, because the child of God is as invisible as the parent.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 48. Ideology.
6  I will go to you, and we will fly; but from this moment until then, let us not tempt providence, let us not see each other.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 73. The Promise.
7  It is a miracle, it is a providence that we have not been discovered.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 73. The Promise.
8  Locusta and Agrippina, living at the same time, were an exception, and proved the determination of providence to effect the entire ruin of the Roman empire, sullied by so many crimes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 80. The Accusation.
9  All the lineaments which providence traces on the surface of a nation have their parallels, sombre but distinct, in their depths, and all convulsions of the depths produce ebullitions on the surface.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—ORIGIN
10  Thanks to him, everywhere present in the carnage, like a providence, those who fell were picked up, transported to the tap-room, and cared for.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIV—PRISONER
11  He advanced with anxiety, but with calmness, seeing nothing, knowing nothing, buried in chance, that is to say, engulfed in providence.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES
12  It was providence appearing in horrible guise, and his good angel springing from the earth in the form of Thenardier.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL
13  A moment later, that hideous providence had retreated into the invisibility.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL
14  Cosette, after having been your providence, he became mine.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
15  His death was regarded by the slaves as the result of a merciful providence.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Remember to bring clothes that provide adequate protection against the wind and rain.
17  The National Cancer Institute now has a computerized system that can quickly provide information.
18  The aim was to provide a car for every age and pocketbook.
19  The hospital has a commitment to provide the best possible medical care.
20  The theatre will provide simultaneous translation in both English and Chinese.
21  The figures provide concrete evidence of the bank's claim to provide the best service.
22  The purpose of the book is to provide a complete guide to the university.
23  Our primary concern is to provide the refugees with food and healthcare.
24  His main concern is to be able to provide for his family.
25  OFSTED's brief is such that it can conduct any inquiry or provide any advice which the Secretary of State requires.
26  For a monthly flat fee, paid by the consumer or employer, HMOs provide a specified list of medical services both in and outside the hospital.
27  We provide help to families in crisis situations.
28  The ceasefire will only provide a temporary solution to the crisis.
29  Taking risks is the only way employees can provide effective and efficient customer service.
30  They provide design services and do printing and packaging.