prophetic
Example Sentences
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People in the apostolic movement live in what they consider to be a prophetic moment, when God will reveal what is to come.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
The Jesse Jackson I remember began his career as a prophetic voice to the nation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Williams’ words in December about Dalman’s exceptional brain, however, were followed by something less prophetic.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
It certainly seems like the Cannes jury made some prophetic choices: the crop of films that premiered at the festival earned a total of 19 Oscar nominations.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
The wooden houses, the cool terraces for breezy card-playing afternoons, seemed to have been blown away in an anticipation of the prophetic wind that years later would wipe Macondo off the face of the earth.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing prophetic
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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