ill-omened
Example Sentences
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On the Pacific coast of South America, midway between Chile and Peru and separating Bolivia from the ocean, lies the ill-omened nitrate-pregnant area of Tacna-Arica.
From Time Magazine Archive
"This is an ill-omened day and a mournful anniversary," said Makarios in his nasal twang.
From Time Magazine Archive
His most notable patient was President Harding, whom he helped tend on the ill-omened presidential trip to Alaska and back in 1923.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wiser now, Ben had told his mother that he would disappear for the day if she did not devise a plan to keep the colonel out of the maelstrom of this ill-omened day.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
There was no law, not even an unwritten law, against frequenting the Chestnut Tree Cafe, yet the place was somehow ill-omened.
From "1984" by George Orwell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
