ominously

[ah-muh-nuhs-lee]

adverb

1. in an ominous way.

Example Sentences

A Demogorgon drags an unconscious Will to Vecna’s lair, and Vecna ominously says they can begin their work “at long last.”

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The two barriers—the picket fence and the magical thicket—loom ominously over the land.

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“Ancient peas,” he said ominously to his siblings, and they all shuddered in horror.

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But during a quiet aside, Minka ominously mentions to Liz that a chocolate cake made by the housekeeper tastes terrible, the observation sounding more like a warning than a culinary assessment.

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Mr. Munson seeds the otherwise ordinary setting with ominously recurring symbols and side characters—a mysterious bowler hat, a man with a mole near his mouth.

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