1
a
: the act or words of one that blesses
say the blessing over the wine
a priestly blessing
b
: approval, encouragement
asked her parents for their blessing before he proposed
2
: a thing conducive to happiness or welfare
My daughter is a blessing to me in my old age.
Their absence turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
Count your blessings.
3
: grace (see grace entry 1 sense 4) said at a meal
said the blessing before dinner
Examples of blessing in a Sentence
Presumably he was acting with the government's blessing.
They got married without their parents' blessing.
We asked the Lord's blessing on us and on our project.
He said a blessing before the meal.
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Press conferences can be a blessing and a curse for football managers.
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 16 May 2026
This kind of perfectly legal hacking into hardware and software with the vendor’s blessing is exemplified by the gathering of some of the best hackers on the planet for the Pwn2Own event in Berlin, which started May 14, and is organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Thank you God for this blessing.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Around the movie’s 180-minute mark, a silky white cat named Leo appears on the scene, and this sudden burst of unpredictable energy might feel like a blessing.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 May 2026
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 16 May 2026
This kind of perfectly legal hacking into hardware and software with the vendor’s blessing is exemplified by the gathering of some of the best hackers on the planet for the Pwn2Own event in Berlin, which started May 14, and is organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Thank you God for this blessing.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Around the movie’s 180-minute mark, a silky white cat named Leo appears on the scene, and this sudden burst of unpredictable energy might feel like a blessing.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for blessing
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“Blessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blessing. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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