prophet of doom

Example Sentences

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"There will be 8.7 million new infections, 3.4 million additional Aids orphans. I don't want to sound like a prophet of doom, but I have a duty to give the facts as we see them."

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025

But Giles spoke in January like a prophet of doom, warning of a letdown if the Huskies didn’t start playing with more intensity.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2023

“I’ve become a prophet of doom, but I’m an optimist, really.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2019

It’s safe to say the show wants us to believe that the prophet of doom known as Time turned William into a real piece of black-hatted work.

From Time • Nov. 30, 2016

He was no prophet of doom; perhaps he was even blind to the moral deterioration, the blight of ideals, growing more wasteful, every day, of the nation's best life.

From Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters by Milligan, George