prophesy

Example Sentences

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This is headline news today, but more than a century ago American writers began to foresee such a crisis, and to prophesy what might happen next.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

Only Chani manages to escape the trap of prophesy and bloodlines, of arranged marriage, designer babies and the dream of world domination.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2024

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

“You are much the cleverer of the two,” she tells Sheila, “and because of that I prophesy that you will be the one to give in.”

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 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