How to Use existence in a Sentence

existence

noun
  • She began to doubt the existence of God.
  • In the grand scheme of J&J’s 135-year existence, that’s not that long.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • This itself is the karmic cream pie in the face of existence — the sound of one hand slapping.
    Ty Burr, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The Post was unable to confirm the existence of this video.
    Shane Harris, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The Jones Act’s existence was meant to ensure a ready supply of ships and mariners in case of war.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The track didn’t make the cut at the time, and until recently, few knew of its existence.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The giant orange tube is the last such tank in existence.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In his 2016 memoir, Born a Crime, Trevor wrote that his very existence was a crime in and of itself.
    Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
  • These are songs that need the existence of a Juliette Gréco to form themselves, to spring to life.
    Bart Bull, SPIN, 20 June 2023
  • Clearly, Kate is no longer the bane of the Viscount's existence—and still the object of all his desires.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 25 Dec. 2023
  • To see the Sasquatch crew tramping across a ridge, outlined against a pearlescent sky, is to grasp the fragility of their existence, and of ours.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The loan’s existence was first reported during the summer by the New York Times.
    Mark Sherman, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Dutcher has been in the league for all 25 years of its existence as an assistant or head coach.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Scott is only the 15th artist in the history of the chart's existence to accomplish this feat.
    Chris Barilla, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
  • And once our language is faded and gone, then our existence is gone.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
  • This year marks 20 years of existence for the Rock ‘n’ Roll running series here in Arizona.
    Logan Stanley, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The walkout is the first in the UAW's nearly nine decades of existence that targets all three carmakers at once.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The Lyrik Institution has seen a great deal of success in its few short years of existence.
    J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Punchbowl News first reported the existence of the memo.
    Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • In all four of these accounts, Hunter’s existence is defined by that of Beau, and Valerie’s is defined by that of Joe.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Most union members are not breakout stars, and many struggle to eke out an existence in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
    Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Microsoft confirmed the existence of its chatbot to The Verge.
    Tom Warren, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2024
  • While Falco revealed the existence of the clip in 2021, footage from it has never been found its way online until now.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
  • While the existence of writers room is not codified in the MBA, neither is the existence of a showrunner.
    Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The new Avatar is clearly a labor of love, but its very existence raises the question: Who, exactly, is this for?
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The dual roller system even has concealed scrapers that keep the rollers from getting clogged with hair (the bane of every bot's existence in my house).
    Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • There’s no single way to break up with vaping, but knowing what your options are can set you on the path to an Elf Bar–free existence.
    Katie Way, SELF, 19 Jan. 2024
  • But the memo did not definitively confirm the existence of such a weapon, or which country may have developed it.
    Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The goal of the travesía was in part to shine a light on the network of paths that, along with the culture of the Andean Aymara llama herders who still use them, is fading from existence.
    Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2023
  • But the College Board’s reason for existence was testing.
    Kaitlyn Greenidge, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2023

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