prophesy

Only Chani manages to escape the trap of prophesy and bloodlines, of arranged marriage, designer babies and the dream of world domination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

Mr Darko told the BBC that the police lost a case earlier this year against a pastor who had been charged for allegedly making an alarmist prophesy about a celebrity musician being shot.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2022

What did you think of that moment, and what that prophesy amounts to, 200 years down the line?

From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022

It is possible that this newly-emerged roach behavior could prophesy future roach adaptations.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2022

Everyone was ready to give them advice on whom to see, what to say, or to prophesy the outcome of this Congress.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

An apparent similarity between two unrelated events, a parchment-paper test, makes us partial to seemingly endless, overconfident prophesies of disaster.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2025

But he was quickly disabused of any hope that his prophesies of financial doom would sway opponents.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025

But the sun no longer shines on their quaint German town, and Ellen prophesies that something is wrong.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024

The town is best-known in Catholic tradition for three secret, apocalyptic prophesies said to be delivered to three children by an apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1917, when it was a poor village.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2023

Tom and Eb were sullen and resentful for days that their prophesies of an easy victory should so early have taken on a hollow ring.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

When she was little, a neighbor heard her singing along to the radio and prophesied to Carol’s mother: “Someday she’ll be famous.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

This, he prophesied, would lead to an unbreakable coalition that could fundamentally reshape the nation’s politics for the next half-century.

From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2024

Dubois, 27, becomes a top dog in the glamour division, but 'Dynamite' is not a flash in the pan and has long been prophesied for heavyweight stardom.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2024

The arc of the moral universe is long, Martin Luther King Jr., prophesied so many years ago, but it bends toward justice.

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2024

Her aunt had always prophesied that Elizabeth would come to no good end, proud, and vain, and foolish as she was, and having been allowed to run wild all her childhood days.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

Linn Nhyo Taryar's past has been anything but safe and secure, thanks to his prophesying profession.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

It is often called ritual theatre for its electrifying drama, featuring daring acts like fire-walking, diving into burning embers, chanting occult verses, and prophesying.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024

It was the very concept of making original content, prophesying the deals now common at streaming platforms like Netflix.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2021

Near the turn of the century, the messianic Ghost Dance spread rapidly among the tribes of the West, prophesying the return of the dead and the end of settler dominion.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2021

When the Oracle awoke after one of her wild, prophesying nights, she probably had no memory of the things she’d said.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides