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Meanings of heaven-sent in anglès

Peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention.

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Examples for "miraculous"
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Modern medicine is not actually miraculous, although the term is often used.
Cauldron of Ghosts
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They regard the hall here as a possible site of miraculous apparition.
Year's best sf 15
3
The chloroform sponge had done its miraculous work and was set aside.
Funeral in Blue
4
Saleh could think of any number of explanations for the miraculous recovery.
The Golem and the Jinni
5
Any success he may achieve will carry a hint of the miraculous.
The Guardian
1
Yet by some stroke of almost providential good fortune, he became wanted.
Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
2
It was through providential assistance; because prohibited by my confessor and husband.
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
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The explanation of their being there-itseemed to Philip providential-wasvery simple.
That Fortune
4
With us, it is still a natural, free-running phenomenon, a providential gift.
The Irish Times
5
It moves wholly by inspiration; every event is providential, every act unpremeditated.
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking
Usage of heaven-sent in anglès
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The body, as might be expected, seemed to West a heaven-sent gift.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
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It was a situation heaven-sent for meditation, but I hadn't yet found Buddha.
Beer is proof God loves us
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For myself the war was, in a sense, a heaven-sent opportunity.
A Student in Arms: Second Series
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That joke of the boys must of seemed heaven-sent to him.
Ma Pettengill
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He is like a heaven-sent messenger carrying relief to the sick and suffering.
In New Granada; Or, Heroes and Patriots
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But still... it is wonderful, a heaven-sent setting for the Dr. Rabbitfoot novel.
Ghost Story
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Indeed, he always believed that the dream had been either heaven-sent or heaven-permitted.
Chantry House
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To him this creature of soft curves was of heaven-sent charm.
The Big-Town Round-Up
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The heaven-sent gulls had, after all, saved but half a crop.
The Lions of the Lord: A Tale of the Old West
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Elsa accepts this proposal gladly, for she hopes her heaven-sent champion may appear.
Stories of the Wagner Opera
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Then, the two of us had come in, like being heaven-sent.
My Life and My Efforts
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You are crying, Lillie, because you are such a kind, heaven-sent, tender-hearted creature.
The Dangerous Age: Letters and Fragments from a Woman's Diary
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It longs to say gratefully, 'I love thee, thou heaven-sent one.'
Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing
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William seized the heaven-sent opening and swept the saber through the villain's throat.
The irish devil
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Perhaps this will be the heaven-sent opportunity we yearn for to end the war.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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And this merciless logician, who was heaven-sent in time of need, was Abraham Lincoln.
The Crisis — Volume 03
Heaven-sent through the time