augury

Example Sentences

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The original Hammer, in a weird augury of the recently unveiled Orange County Museum of Art’s new facility, opened to the public before the building was finished.

From Los Angeles Times

I wanted to know whether Mogelson, who has witnessed real war, sees auguries of it here.

From Seattle Times

There were no warning signs, no rumbles of thunder, no auguries, no harbingers.

From New York Times

Moments manifest as auguries, as kismet, as a sense that God has glanced at us or, conversely, that we have been silently brushed by demons.

From New York Times

As such, both states' contests have been used in past years as auguries for the following year's midterm elections.

From Salon