omen
noun
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
omens
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pluralof omen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Successive dynasties employed specialists to monitor celestial events because unusual phenomena in the sky were often interpreted as omens.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
There are bad omens for future tax policy, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
The people of r/Superstonk are dogmatic, unforgiving of alternative views, indulgent of auguries and omens, simultaneously convinced of their righteousness yet constantly fretting about their opponents’ vast and mysterious powers to undermine them.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2024
April was in full bloom, and they were young enough to accept the sunlight and color of a new spring as omens of good fortune.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
