premonitory

Example Sentences

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As premonitory cinema goes, “Brazil” is perhaps matched only by Paddy Chayefsky’s 1976 “Network.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

Tempted as we may be to view this episode as premonitory, keep in mind these episodes were written and filmed many months ago.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2024

I wondered, too, about a similar narrative distortion that aims to make Dean’s sense of an oncoming pandemic seem premonitory.

From Washington Post • May 5, 2021

The house used to belong to Rose Impoliteri, a bucket of bright Italian paint on New York’s stolid white canvas, and a riot of premonitory associations: Rose the Impolite, Rose the Loitering, Rose the Impish.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2017

A sort of premonitory tremor, a fear of he was not certain what, had passed through Winston as soon as he caught his first glimpse of the cage.

From "1984" by George Orwell