ominously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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In September 2024 I asked a senior Sudanese defence official how long he thought the war would last – ominously, he compared the conflict to America's 20-year battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
More ominously, the 50-week simple moving average is now beginning to slope lower for the first time since early 2023.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
A Demogorgon drags an unconscious Will to Vecna’s lair, and Vecna ominously says they can begin their work “at long last.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Milo squinted into the darkness and saw for the first time that they had entered a vast cavern lit only by a soft, eerie glow from the great stalactites which hung ominously from the ceiling.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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