Example Sentences

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An omen among omens: Mid-dog-walk that day, I spot a onesie that reads “Milk Drunk” and shudder at the impulse to recruit our newborns into low-key bacchanalia.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

You wouldn't have predicted a Scotland defeat that early, but you get to understand the triggers in this team and the omens weren't encouraging.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

But, in general, history shows that golden crosses are positive omens for investors.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 2, 2026

But this was a random thing, right, not, like, the latest in a concentrated sequence of omens that are becoming impossible to ignore?

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2024

He had learned some important things, like how to deal in crystal, and about the language without words . . . and about omens.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho