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why God invented

why God invented phrase: the reason for something (specified) existing; the purpose fulfilled by something.

Phrase

why God invented ...

  1. (humorous) The reason for something (specified) existing; the purpose fulfilled by something.
    • I do not, however, wish to be awakened by Stevie Wonder and that is why God invented alarm clocks.1994, Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader, page 138
    • It's not your job. That's why God invented cops.1999, Denise Dietz, Footprints in the Butter: An Ingrid Beaumont Mystery, page 74

Examples of why God invented in a sentence

  • Most men don't make enough money to buy all the tools they need all at once, which is why God invented revolving debt.2005, W. Bruce Cameron, How to Remodel a Man, page 127:
  • That's why God invented 12 different pre-set stations.2008, Laurie Frey, Cindy Dupree, Eric Coble, Unbeatable: The Whole Story, page 26:

Questions about why God invented

What does why God invented mean?
Why God invented means the reason for something (specified) existing; the purpose fulfilled by something.
How do you use why God invented in a sentence?
Most men don't make enough money to buy all the tools they need all at once, which is why God invented revolving debt.
What part of speech is why God invented?
Why God invented is a phrase.

Words near why God invented in the dictionary

  1. why buy a book when you can join a library
  2. why buy a book when you can join the library
  3. why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free
  4. why come
  5. why for
  6. why God invented
  7. why in God's name
  8. why in the world
  9. why in time
  10. why is the ocean near the shore
  11. why keep a dog and bark yourself

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