prophesy
Example Sentences
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When we set out to make this film, No Choice, we hoped to imagine a plausible future — not to prophesy our present reality.
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025
The crowd, composed mostly of New York and L.A. rap cognoscenti who had invented or dominated the genre, jeered, nearly heckling Outkast offstage — but not before André reeled off a prophesy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023
Mr Darko told the BBC that the police lost a case earlier this year against a pastor who had been charged for allegedly making an alarmist prophesy about a celebrity musician being shot.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2022
Coming from a top central bank official, a prediction that the economy is headed for tough times might become a self-fulfilling prophesy, shattering already fragile confidence.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2022
The priest proceeded to interpret my mother’s prophesy, but I was too anxious about her well-being to pay any attention to what he was saying.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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