prophecies

Example Sentences

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Forgive me, but I have seen and heard prophecies emanating from what must be the same Doomsday Machine before.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Nor will Mr. Amodei in the event that his prophecies come to nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

"If you keep looking at your age, you go back to these self-fulfilling prophecies," Peters says.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

One sign of the fictional nature of this line of thinking is the way prophecies of the end of the world are routinely, in Kermode’s words, “disconfirmed without being discredited.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Only time could prove the Foretelling right or wrong, unless it was, as I expected, one of those admirable professional prophecies applicable to any outcome.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin