ominously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The days, which tick off ominously, will be filled with dread and macabre in-laws; it’s hard to say what’s worse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
With hours to go until the focus shifts to the negotiating table, the question still hovers ominously.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Italian second seed Sinner swatted aside big-serving American Ben Shelton 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and has dropped only one set in moving ominously into the last four.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 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
The mountains still loomed up ominously on their left, but near at hand they could see the southward road, now bearing away from the black roots of the hills and slanting westwards.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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