augur

Example Sentences

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In her 1958 novel “The Best of Everything,” about a group of young women navigating office life, Rona Jaffe spends a lot of time discussing clothes and how they augur success or failure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

That doesn’t augur well for a man who has spent a lifetime failing to own up to misconduct.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024

Mr Blanche repeatedly ran afoul of the judge Tuesday in an episode that Mr Coffee said "did not augur well" for him or for Mr Trump.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2024

There’s no clear evidence yet that the H5N1 strain in U.S. cows has acquired mutations known to make it more transmissible in humans, which could augur a pandemic.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2024

The augur smiled and shrugged, like the idea amused him.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan