Used in a Sentence

blessings

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for blessings.

Editorial note

My blessings upon the devs prior to me who saw fit to create a comprehensive and well-maintained test suite.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Good fortune.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of blessings gathered in one view.

noun

Good fortune.

noun

Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.

noun

A pronouncement invoking divine aid.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for blessings.

noun

Good fortune.

noun

Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.

noun

A pronouncement invoking divine aid.

noun

The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.

Example sentences

1

My blessings upon the devs prior to me who saw fit to create a comprehensive and well-maintained test suite.

2

Also count your blessings, there are a lot of people your age who would love to have your problem.

3

All of this revolves around the fact that he's in a good place, and able to count his blessings.

4

How about just waiting 'till Apple launches the thing, and seeing whether the congregation will take it for its blessings?

5

If you don't experiment this problem in person, you might as well count your blessings.

6

They kind of give their blessings to the other OO, which is a bit sad.

7

If they understand and address the issues, count your blessings and consider yourself lucky.

8

As opposed to the blessings of life in an isolated socialist workers' paradise?

9

TS's main selling points seem to be VS integration and Angular's blessings.

10

I agree that Arrington got kicked off what is essentially a sinking ship and that he should count his blessings.

11

Count your blessings and try to picture a better life.

12

In the end it was one of those strange blessings.

Quote examples

1

When a government becomes more powerful than its people, the people are slaves who have lost "the Blessings of Liberty" as listed in the Constitution's Preamble.

2

I also think "totally lost" and "utterly unhappy" are exaggerations once you count your numerous blessings.

3

Now io.js and Node.js are "merging", but the merge is just the io.js codebase with some patches from node.js all under the node.js branding and the new node foundation (which has blessings from the linux foundation, IBM, Microsoft, etc).

4

You are calling me "Evil" for saying "Hey, perhaps you should count your blessings" I mean, I understand the people who think I'm evil if I don't give the homeless guy a buck; I don't really agree with them, but I can see their point.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use blessings in a sentence?

My blessings upon the devs prior to me who saw fit to create a comprehensive and well-maintained test suite.

What does blessings mean?

Good fortune.

What part of speech is blessings?

blessings is commonly used as noun.