doom-laden
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, whose comments have stoked anxiety about AI's potential effects on society, are now arguing that doom-laden warnings were overblown or, in some cases, disingenuous.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
However it's defined, though, the idea of distinct sleeping arrangements, also known by the doom-laden sobriquet "sleep divorce," sounds like a marital death knell.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2024
Even the doom-laden everything bagel that provides the film’s titular motif is redeemed, by the end, as a doughy symbol of wholeness, a poppy-seed circle of life.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2023
Like a cross between a doom-laden fortune cookie and a Kinder Surprise, this gilt sphere cracks open to reveal a golden Prince Charles and Lady Diana smirking at each other.
From BBC • May 28, 2022
When Hermione had bustled off to check on the Polyjuice Potion again, Ron turned to Harry with a doom-laden expression.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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