prophesy
Example Sentences
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When we set out to make this film, No Choice, we hoped to imagine a plausible future — not to prophesy our present reality.
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025
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
One of their three unreleased songs Love In The City could almost be a prophesy of what befell them.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 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
“But if we could only get her to prophesy now, she might tell us something important.”
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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