prophesy

Example Sentences

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The crowd, composed mostly of New York and L.A. rap cognoscenti who had invented or dominated the genre, jeered, nearly heckling Outkast offstage — but not before André reeled off a prophesy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023

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

That should give central bankers confidence that high prices are not becoming so embedded in the American psyche that they become a self-fulfilling prophesy as people ask for higher pay and change their spending patterns.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 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