Noun : sad tidings. From Dictionary.com.
Day after day passed, and no tidings from the north. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference
This week, in case you have missed the glad tidings, is Chocolate Week. From Wordnik.com. [Buy of the day] Reference
Indeed, to behead the messenger of bad tidings is not a Canadian invention. From Wordnik.com. [Free Markets, Foreign Exchange and the International Monetary Market] Reference
In vain the poor prisoner asks questions, no answer is ever made, no tidings from the outside world ever given. From Wordnik.com. [Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897] Reference
It's a care package of sorts for the three Serbian youths, but definitely not tangible tidings from the homeland. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Youthful Serbs take first steps in NBA journey] Reference
But all idea of re-union was abruptly broken off when certain tidings reached me of her sejour in the Isle of Wight. From Wordnik.com. [English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Here we have Paul's great satisfaction upon the return of Timothy with good tidings from the Thessalonians, in which we may observe. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
The women that publish the tidings are a great host. From Wordnik.com. [LXVIII. Book II] Reference
We are far from our home and we sought tidings through those who could give it to us, and we have won those tidings, that is all. From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Child] Reference
'A runner has just brought the tidings, meaning them to have fallen into your hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Continent] Reference
De Burgh makes the "tidings" which rouse his fury, to be concerning the Jews 'restoration; such may be the antitypical reference. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
"tidings" (Da 11: 44) as to the revolt of tributary nations then led him to the East. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
How could the Saviour's coming be good tidings to them?. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Then they must hear the good tidings in the life beyond. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
He wrote, climb the mountains and get their good tidings. From Wordnik.com. [Renee Fleming: 'Four Last Songs' Of Strauss] Reference
The tidings brought were joyfully received by everybody at. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
I crossed over no conventicle, nor did I meet with ill tidings. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing At All] Reference
But the online sales boom doesn't bear good tidings for everyone. From Wordnik.com. [A Big Bet On The Holidays] Reference
The plotters resumed the search for the right bear-er of bad tidings. From Wordnik.com. [Gunning For Quayle] Reference
And if they are extinct they can hear no tidings, either good or bad. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
It had fallen to the lot of Audrey Maynard to carry the ill-tidings to. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
As cold water to a thirsty soul, so are good tidings from a far country. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference
We thanked his majesty, and returned to our home with the joyful tidings. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
That fantastic feeling is easily lost in a frightening tide of bad tidings. From Wordnik.com. [Frightening- And Fantastic] Reference
For really dismal tidings, consider Russia, whose economy is a corrupt shambles. From Wordnik.com. [Action, Not Words] Reference
Then they said one to another: We do not well: for this is a day of good tidings. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 12: 4 Kings The Challoner Revision] Reference
They told the shepherds that they brought good tidings of great joy to all people. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
How could the Saviour's birth be good tidings to any of these myriads of our race?. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
True believers: The self-annointed prophets are gleeful about their gloomy tidings. From Wordnik.com. [The Final Days Are Here Again] Reference
He's not only kept his word, he announces the glad tidings: my passport has been freed. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Arkus: Dispatches From the Looney Front: Heart of Darkness - 1] Reference
Regardless of why, it's a peculiar reality that September and October bring grim tidings. From Wordnik.com. [As Leaves Fall and Markets Crash] Reference
But millions and millions of people passed away from earth without hearing the good tidings. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Lo and behold, last week brought another round of dismal tidings, these even worse than usual. From Wordnik.com. [Are Teflon Tony's Days Numbered?] Reference
The market shrugged off ill tidings of a disappointing July jobs report: the nightmare never came. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Dorfman: Houdini Does His Wall Street Thing] Reference
The goal: to blanket the repressive, cleric-run state with open dialogue and glad tidings from America. From Wordnik.com. [A Radioactive Dilemma] Reference
Among the gladdest tidings of the season: the re-appearance of two classics by E.B. White, recorded unabridged, decades ago. From Wordnik.com. [The New Oral Tradition] Reference
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