PROVIDENT in a Sentence

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1. Really, you are quite provident.
2. He found as provident a host and a fresh horse.
3. We provide help to families in crisis situations.
4. This, of course, was wholly beyond my ability to provide.
5. His main concern is to be able to provide for his family.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROVIDENT
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provident
 a.  displaying foresight; providing carefully for future; preparing for emergencies
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  They are careless because they have not found that it pays to be careful; they are improvident because the improvident ones of their acquaintance get on about as well as the provident.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
2  They exhibit, therefore, all the advantages and defects of such training; they are willing and good-natured, but not self-reliant, provident, or careful.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  Besides, the provident law has deprived you of the power to disinherit me, at least entirely, as it has also of the power to compel me to marry Monsieur This or Monsieur That.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 95. Father and Daughter.
4  As far as I can see, it will be your chief diversion hereafter; unless Linton make amends for other losses: and your provident parent appears to fancy he may.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
5  Really, you are quite provident.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
6  From every provident point of view his mother was so undoubtedly right, that he was not without a sickness of heart in finding he could shake her.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
7  He found as provident a host and a fresh horse.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 21 THE COUNTESS DE WINTER
8  What punishment awaits us if it be discovered we know not, for no such crime has come in the memory of men and there are no laws to provide for it.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART ONE
9  How hard it is in founding a commonwealth to provide it with all the laws needed to maintain its freedom, is well seen from the history of the Roman Republic.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XLIX.
10  The second method is to provide yourself with allies or companions, taking heed, however, to retain in your own hands the chief command, the seat of government, and the titular supremacy.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV.
11  If we note well the course of human affairs, we shall often find things come about and accidents befall, against which it seems to be the will of Heaven that men should not provide.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXIX.
12  But because, as I have said elsewhere, there is in everything a latent evil peculiar to it, giving rise to new mischances, it becomes necessary to provide against these by new ordinances.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XI.
13  It was very much like suddenly turning a youth of ten or twelve years out into the world to provide for himself.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I.
14  This was not bad for the teacher, for each family tried to provide the very best on the day the teacher was to be its guest.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II.
15  This, of course, was wholly beyond my ability to provide.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  The National Cancer Institute now has a computerized system that can quickly provide information.
17  The aim was to provide a car for every age and pocketbook.
18  The hospital has a commitment to provide the best possible medical care.
19  The theatre will provide simultaneous translation in both English and Chinese.
20  The figures provide concrete evidence of the bank's claim to provide the best service.
21  The purpose of the book is to provide a complete guide to the university.
22  Our primary concern is to provide the refugees with food and healthcare.
23  His main concern is to be able to provide for his family.
24  OFSTED's brief is such that it can conduct any inquiry or provide any advice which the Secretary of State requires.
25  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.
26  We provide help to families in crisis situations.
27  The ceasefire will only provide a temporary solution to the crisis.
28  Taking risks is the only way employees can provide effective and efficient customer service.
29  They provide design services and do printing and packaging.
30  Games and songs provide the perfect opportunity for classroom interaction and language development.