fortunetelling
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of fortunetelling
Example Sentences
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Like his latest project: developing an A.I. fortunetelling bot, which he planned to offer to fellow bargoers the next night for 70 cents per reading.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024
A married fortunetelling couple is haunted by a demon after a suspicious customer enters their store.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2023
Kayoko Shiraishi, a veteran actress known for ghost tale monologues, performed Ugetsu’s “The Kibitsu Cauldron,” a story of an imprudent man who marries a priest’s good daughter despite a cauldron’s fortunetelling revealing a bad omen.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023
I’m not trying to shame anyone for being bad at fortunetelling.
From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2023
He had not expected fortunetelling to be so vague.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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