soothsay

Example Sentences

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But, he added, the ability to soothsay where a young man is going to be five years from now requires the scout to dig even deeper.

From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2016

A regular monthly column, for example, is called "Haruspex," for the Roman soothsay ers who divined the future by poking through the entrails of sacrificial animals.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Thou must be wealthy and art bountiful, so it is worth while to soothsay for thee.”

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Glovatski, Alexander

What shall I tell?" said Antonio, with the deepest anguish: "do not you seem to know everything, or else to have learnt it by soothsay?

From The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck by Tieck, Ludwig

As soon as he was a little restored, Dontsovna came to him to soothsay; but she told him nothing good.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk