doomful
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- doomfully adverb
Etymology
Origin of doomful
Example Sentences
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The city remains safe; the lawless crack-and-squeegee days, for all the wishful predictions of Mr. de Blasio’s most dogged, doomful critics, have not returned.
From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2016
When the question is asked of experts, answers range from Pollyannaish to doomful.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not since Korea's bleakest days has the draft loomed quite so doomful in the eyes of high school and college graduates.
From Time Magazine Archive
And none were braver in the tented field, Like lightning heralding the doomful bolt; The enemy beheld his snowy plume, And death-lights flashed along his glancing spear.
From Poems by Holley, Marietta
"And 'er looks at me doomful, Sergeant, an' that's what!"
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery
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