prophet of doom
Example Sentences
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"There will be 8.7 million new infections, 3.4 million additional Aids orphans. I don't want to sound like a prophet of doom, but I have a duty to give the facts as we see them."
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
But Giles spoke in January like a prophet of doom, warning of a letdown if the Huskies didn’t start playing with more intensity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
“I’ve become a prophet of doom, but I’m an optimist, really.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2019
It’s safe to say the show wants us to believe that the prophet of doom known as Time turned William into a real piece of black-hatted work.
From Time ● Nov. 30, 2016
He was no prophet of doom; perhaps he was even blind to the moral deterioration, the blight of ideals, growing more wasteful, every day, of the nation's best life.
From Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters by George Milligan
