soothsaying
Example Sentences
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A Dutch ship’s doctor who met him in the 1750s reported that he had earned a reputation there for sagacity and soothsaying.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2018
At least this is definitive proof that The Post doesn’t pay me for soothsaying.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2017
What Mr. Donovan’s own extensive research about fortunetelling left him with was the feeling that predicting the future required developing certain powers, but not the kind that involve actual soothsaying.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2016
Honestly, there was so much loudmouthed soothsaying that it was hard to tell who was saying what.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2016
“Madame Ionesco, if a person—two persons to be precise—are not actually dead, but merely absent, would your soothsaying powers still enable you to send them a message?”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
