prophets

Example Sentences

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His first Davos appearance in 2018 met occasional boos but he made a forceful return in 2020 when he dismissed the "prophets of doom" on climate and the economy.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

Finally, the research suggests we should think less like prophets and more like engineers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Tourists have long come here, whether to day-trip through hiking trails where prophets once trod or visit the village’s different churches.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Pennington, for example, characterized slavery as “an institution of the dark age” while critiquing the “monarchs, patriarchs, and prophets of the South.”

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2024

For the greater number of her twenty-nine years, Bibi Haldar suffered from an ailment that baffled family, friends, priests, palmists, spinsters, gem therapists, prophets, and fools.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri