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
Oddly enough, though every one in the Settlement had heard the soothsay, and nobody doubted it, she was the only person concerned who took it closely to heart.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
So much she said to Heriolf, but she had not ended her soothsay.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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
