augury

Example Sentences

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Standard analysis divined from the usual awards season augury into the mix skews in favor of Anderson and “One Battle,” too.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

“My life and myself were born under the sea,” she wrote, under the augury of “the star of Aphrodite.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2023

A few Los Reyes voters saw it as an augury for the presidency in 2024, when Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum is favored by many to succeed Lopez Obrador.

From Reuters • May 29, 2023

Williams sometimes wondered in interviews if that humiliating experience might have been a backhanded augury of her future.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2023

“Three of them for three of us. That’s an augury, I bet.”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt