soothsaying

Example Sentences

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He was also a savvy entrepreneur and fabulist who, despite being illiterate and shunned by the Catholic Church, carved out a life soothsaying and healing ailing neighbors.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022

A Dutch ship’s doctor who met him in the 1750s reported that he had earned a reputation there for sagacity and soothsaying.

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2018

At least this is definitive proof that The Post doesn’t pay me for soothsaying.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2017

Honestly, there was so much loudmouthed soothsaying that it was hard to tell who was saying what.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 21, 2016

“Madame Ionesco, if a person—two persons to be precise—are not actually dead, but merely absent, would your soothsaying powers still enable you to send them a message?”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood