ominous

Example Sentences

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That’s ominous news for retirees who have a lot of their money invested in regular Treasury, municipal and corporate bonds, as most do.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

As ominous as that sounds, Spur co-founder Riley Kilmer says that means I’m proxy-free.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Inspired by a novella by Soviet physicist Georgy Demidov, who chronicled his own harrowing experiences in the gulag from the late 1930s until the early 1950s, “Two Prosecutors” unfolds with ominous efficiency.

From Los Angeles Times • 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

It had been many months since the first time she and the children had ventured to the attic and discovered the ominous landscape that had been painted there, then hidden beneath layers of wallpaper.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood