oracular
Example Sentences
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Kusama took on an oracular aspect in the dark as she spoke.
From New York Times
Pride and relief because full visibility and unapologetic citizenship are after all what the landmark works of the old queer theater, culminating with the oracular “Angels in America” in 1991, prepared us to want.
From New York Times
The work draws attention to paying attention: in how the dancers hold one another’s gazes, or point away, or indulge in oracular, actorly or spell-casting gestures that seem to say, “Look at me!”
From New York Times
But this is a function of its oracular style — the broad, slightly abstracted tone of a truth-teller — depicting the workings of control and domination throughout a culture and a nation.
From Washington Post
In an especially lively oracular move, the last piece in this book is an obituary upon Wong’s future death in 2070 at the age of 96.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
