soothsay
Example Sentences
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But, he added, the ability to soothsay where a young man is going to be five years from now requires the scout to dig even deeper.
From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2016
A regular monthly column, for example, is called "Haruspex," for the Roman soothsay ers who divined the future by poking through the entrails of sacrificial animals.
From Time Magazine Archive
This stuff, stirred by the komfo diviner, answers questions and enables man to soothsay.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
So much she said to Heriolf, but she had not ended her soothsay.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
Bogun looked into the foaming water on the wheel as if he wished himself to soothsay.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
