ominous

Example Sentences

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Around this time last year, they started sending a more ominous message.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

It's a "very ominous sign" for Australia's two major political parties, former Labor strategist and co-director of polling firm Redbridge, Kos Samaras, tells the BBC.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

More ominous is the movement in the bond market’s expectations of where inflation is headed.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

The shellacking that big bank stocks have taken as of late could be an ominous sign about what’s next for the economy.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Anya had felt an ominous prickle up her spine during the tsar’s speech earlier, and now she felt another prickle.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack