Example Sentences

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Traditional Latin prayers sung by men have a heavy, chant-like ominousness; the two female angels who appear in the visions convey an urgent, slightly dissonant ecstasy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Kaufmann translated it as “tremendous,” which takes away too much of the ominousness.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019

Designer Amy MacDonald instills a hint of the otherworldly into the modern-dress costumes, and David Crandall’s sound design ratchets up the story’s ominousness.

From Washington Post • May 23, 2018

The last 20 minutes or so of the film try desperately to create drama out of an ending we all already know, milking every moment for maximum ominousness.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2017

First a terrible ominousness would fill the air.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr