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
• It's happened for as long as the sport has been in existence.
  — The Courier-Journal, 6 May 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
• 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
• The existence of those recordings was all that was needed to sway them to his will.
  — Dan Bekerman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
• The giant orange tube is the last such tank in existence.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
• The existence of the new vessel was first reported by The War Zone.
  — Edward Szekeres and Brad Lendon, CNN, 1 Nov. 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
• The mere existence of such a case is bad news for any nominee.
  — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
• This is an adage that applies to much of the life eking out an existence in the crushing depths of our oceans.
  — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
• 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
• On a day-to-day, mundane, living-our-lives existence, none of that helps.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 18 May 2024
• Red wine and other dark red stains are stubborn, thanks to the existence of tannins that act as dyes.
  — Kelley Rebori, Popular Mechanics, 20 Jan. 2023
• 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
• Damned or not, the novel’s very existence is a mystery.
  — WIRED, 21 Feb. 2023
• And once our language is faded and gone, then our existence is gone.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
• Step one: downplay the very existence or extent of the issue.
  — Jerel Ezell, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
• That doesn't mean your existence must be spartan, but your desires could need to sit on the back burner for a bit.
  — Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
• 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
• This is the first time the company has acknowledged the Fold's existence.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 4 May 2023
• 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
• And that can ease the terror of mortality by connecting people to an enduring and comforting web of ideas and beliefs that transcend one’s own existence.
  — Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024