writing on the wall
Example Sentences
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"Ultimately, I think the readings are that Scarborough on the whole will have a town-wide campervan ban. I think that's what is the writing on the wall here," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Amanda Schmidt saw the writing on the wall a few months before her early-December layoff from a marketing job at a tech company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
DraftKings has seen the writing on the wall.
From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025
“I didn’t feel like it was being handled appropriately, and I kind of saw the writing on the wall, that it was something DEA was trying to brush under the rug,” Doherty said in court.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
“But why?”—and stared up at the writing on the wall.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
