bad omen
Example Sentences
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The squeeze on supplies is a bad omen for prices at the pump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Nvidia’s expanded partnership with Meta Platforms could be a bad omen for Intel.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026
The oarfish has long been referred to as a doomsday fish, a reference that likely stems from Japanese folklore, which considered spotting such a fish a bad omen of natural disasters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024
Instead, the justices set it for arguments two months down the road—a bad omen, to put it mildly.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2024
The words seemed so ancient and full of bad omen I didn’t want her saying them in English and accidentally directing them toward me.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
