How to Use existence in a Sentence

existence

noun
  • She began to doubt the existence of God.
  • Levis will want to erase all copies of this game from existence.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 30 Oct. 2022
  • There are two types of notes that have been the bane of my existence.
    Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2022
  • Drake first spoke of the record’s existence at the top of last year.
    Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The movie’s gravest sin, though, might be its very existence.
    Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • Its mere existence does the work.
    Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • None proved their existence caused harm.
    Erika Edwards, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But the existence of the dark fleet doesn’t mean that the rules of the sea have failed.
    Charles Edward Gehrke, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The existence of an image is not just to be there.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 June 2026
  • But this was a bug that appears to have been in existence for years.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • These little piles around my home are the bane of my existence.
    Sari Hitchins, Parents, 17 Mar. 2025
  • It's happened for as long as the sport has been in existence.
    The Courier-Journal, 6 May 2023
  • That existence means shared space.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
  • And so many people are part of his existence.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The same pattern holds for the existence of all-male boards.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Your ego and maybe your very existence depends on it.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 May 2026
  • At least, that’s where the spark for it first flared into existence.
    Brian Freedman, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Snakes and spiders piss me off, just their existence.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Take it away, and what's left is fear, silence, and a bleak existence.
    Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Auerbach’s new work emerged from no less heady a quandary than the existence of free will.
    Julia Felsenthal, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • What all of this means is that the laws of physics don’t require the existence of an aether.
    Big Think, 7 May 2026
  • No two-loss team has ever made the four-team field in the first eight years of existence.
    Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Your existence is not up for debate.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • My own existence hung in the balance.
    Shayla Martin, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The mere existence of such a case is bad news for any nominee.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
  • They may be punished out of existence.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The type of sky that fills one with awe at the beauty and mystery of existence.
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
  • But then, things take a twist and a turn or two – and his work and very existence come under threat.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026
  • The existence of those recordings was all that was needed to sway them to his will.
    Dan Bekerman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
  • And once our language is faded and gone, then our existence is gone.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023

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