AUGURY in a Sentence
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Example sentences for AUGURY, such as:
1. This smile appeared to d'Artagnan to be of bad augury.
2. He interpreted the departure of the birds as an augury of evil.
3. The magistrate observed me with a keen eye and of course drew an unfavourable augury from my manner.
2. He interpreted the departure of the birds as an augury of evil.
3. The magistrate observed me with a keen eye and of course drew an unfavourable augury from my manner.
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Meanings and Examples of AUGURY
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augury
n. sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens
Classic Sentence:
1 For I declare to thee thy comrades are restored, thy fleet driven back into safety by the shifted northern gales, except my parents were pretenders, and unavailing the augury they taught me.
2 To this Juturna adds a yet stronger impulse, and high in heaven shews a sign more potent than any to confuse Italian souls with delusive augury.
3 He was not bound, nor had they made any attempt to handcuff him; this seemed a good augury.
4 The magistrate observed me with a keen eye and of course drew an unfavourable augury from my manner.
5 Then a cry of vengeance burst at once, as it might be, from the united lips of the nation; a frightful augury of their ruthless intentions.
6 This smile appeared to d'Artagnan to be of bad augury.
7 The tribute paid by the President and his Cabinet to your work was none too high, and forms a most encouraging augury, I think, for the future prosperity of your institution.
8 He reminds me how often the same accidents have happened to other navigators who have attempted this sea, and in spite of myself, he fills me with cheerful auguries.
Example Sentence:
1 He interpreted the departure of the birds as an augury of evil.