existence

[ɪɡˈzɪstəns]

Definition:
1. The state or fact of existing.
2. Everything that exists anywhere.

Use 'existence' in a sentence:

• 1. Their day-to-day existence was routine.
• 2. Denial of the Mafia's existence is nothing new.
• 3. The family endured a miserable existence in a cramped apartment.
• 4. Space-probe photographs indicate the existence of giant volcanoes on the Martian surface.
• 5. He was eking out an existence on a few francs a day.
• 6. I pulled gently at his sleeve, but he had forgotten my existence.
• 7. Atheists deny the existence of God.
• 8. Researchers recently found kimberlite deposits hinting at the existence of diamonds.
• 9. She contemplated the sterility of her existence.
• 10. They had to do with the riddle of his existence.
• 11. You may be stuck with a miserable existence for the rest of your life.
• 12. Perhaps this can partly explain the existence of left-handers in human societies.
• 13. The worst-paid live a hand-to-mouth existence without medical or other benefits.
• 14. I was left with puzzlement as to the existence or nonexistence of God.
• 15. I was left with puzzlement as to the existence or non-existence of God.
• 16. Most religions posit the existence of life after death.
• 17. Her father was in the army and the family led a peripatetic existence for most of her childhood.
• 18. Anxiety comes from not being able to orient yourself in your own existence.
• 19. From this information, he was able to confirm the existence of a pattern.
• 20. He now faces another crisis in his helter-skelter existence.
• 21. It assures that the astronomical cycles have been in existence for billions of years.
• 22. It is coeval with the origins of writing, and has occurred throughout our social existence.
• 23. The change of how coffee is grown endangers the existence of certain animals.
• 24. No reference to their existence appears in any literature of the period.
• 25. Her father was in the army and the family led a peripatetic existence.
• 26. Pakistan came into existence as an independent country after the war.
• 27. We do not need to envy any other person, for our existence is unique.
• 28. The peasants depend on a good harvest for their very existence.
• 29. Public worries about accidents are threatening the very existence of the nuclear power industry.
• 30. Surely my existence cannot be so purposeless?
• 31. Her existence was lightened by bits of gossip.
• 32. He had been a rock in the shifting sands of her existence.
• 33. They eke out a precarious existence.
• 34. This has led scientists to speculate on the existence of other galaxies.
• 35. The existence of an emotional undertow is an aspect of all politics.
• 36. Men's social existence determines their consciousness.
• 37. According to that theory, possessing Shelly Kagan's personality is evidence of his existence.
• 38. I was unaware of his existence until today.
• 39. The existence of more than one agency with power to intervene can lead to children falling through the net.
• 40. The real existence of a military option will come into play.
• 41. They seek strong sensations to dull their sense of a meaningless existence.
• 42. Her career is the be-all and end-all of her existence.
• 43. The existence of God is beyond human understanding.
• 44. The theory supposes the existence of life on other planets.
• 45. She conjectured the existence of a completely new species.
• 46. We led a poor but happy enough existence as children.
• 47. I lead a pretty mundane existence.
• 48. She felt estranged from her former existence.