handwriting on the wall

Example Sentences

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But they could read the handwriting on the wall from the UAW’s contract settlements.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Because they can read the handwriting on the wall, because they can dispassionately analyze the downward arc of the coal mining industry, they are not inclined to head underground.

From Washington Times • Jul. 17, 2019

Perhaps he saw the handwriting on the wall.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2018

At least they were not before events of the past month so brightly illuminated the handwriting on the wall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2015

The council finally saw the handwriting on the wall and killed the project.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson