Noun : a bird of ill omen. From Dictionary.com.
It may be observed that the superstition of naming by omens is in no way obsolete. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
The long term omens were never good: Patientline floated in March 2001 at 175p, just as the dotcom bubble burst. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
The Master said, Neglect of the omens, that is all. From Wordnik.com. [The Sayings Of Confucius] Reference
The Master said: Neglect of the omens, that is all. From Wordnik.com. [XIII] Reference
Then as the men went forward, he muttered on: -- 'The things called omens!. From Wordnik.com. [Moby-Dick, or, The Whale] Reference
The book talks a lot about spirituality, "omens", the concept of fate and law of attraction. From Wordnik.com. [the alchemist] Reference
Book Five of the Florentine Codex lists all the tetzahuitl, usually translated as "omens," that filled the Nahuas with apprehension. From Wordnik.com. [Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico] Reference
Then as the men went forward, he muttered on: "The things called omens!. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick, or, the whale] Reference
Then as the men went forward, he muttered on: “The things called omens!. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick; or the Whale] Reference
Then as the men went forward, he muttered on: -- "The things called omens!. From Wordnik.com. [Great Sea Stories] Reference
Most educated men take a sensible view of "omens," and do not let them influence their conduct absurdly. From Wordnik.com. [A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life] Reference
Despite myself, I believe in omens. From Wordnik.com. [Business Ideas I'll Never Use (Part 4,287 In An Ongoing Series): The Rotating Restaurant] Reference
Believe ye, men, in the things called omens?. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick, or, the whale] Reference
The sacred birds can be bad omens as well as good. From Wordnik.com. [Children of Borneo] Reference
The omens are auspicious, but monitor Chinese actions. From Wordnik.com. [Twelve Tips For The Markets] Reference
For I have heard that it is right to die with good omens. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
An augur presents the future by looking at signs and omens. From Wordnik.com. [a random thought] Reference
Most moviegoers will see these simply as surrealistic omens. From Wordnik.com. [Bottom Line: How Crazy Is It?] Reference
There are many omens which make a house unfit for habitation. From Wordnik.com. [Children of Borneo] Reference
I have mentioned the omens necessary before planting the seed. From Wordnik.com. [Children of Borneo] Reference
Rosa suddenly realized her dreams all week were really omens. From Wordnik.com. [Regret] Reference
Matthew is very great when he has to tell of omens and portents. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
These portentous omens are fitly defined in the following lines. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
He has omens and divination and dreams to encourage or warn him. From Wordnik.com. [Children of Borneo] Reference
To many politicians, such omens might be laughed off as nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [Trail Mix: Battle of the Battlegrounds] Reference
The new constitution has certainly come into life under bad omens. From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 52, No. 3, September, 1898] Reference
Things got better on the eleventh day, when three good omens appeared. From Wordnik.com. [The Pilgrimage] Reference
For all gamblers are superstitious, and are devout believers in omens. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
Deceitful divinations and lying omens and the dreams of evildoers, are vanity. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
But some omens last week suggested that Hickey might be right about the PC boom. From Wordnik.com. [The Pc Boom--And Now Bust?] Reference
The law and observance of omens occupy a great share of the thoughts of the Dyak. From Wordnik.com. [Children of Borneo] Reference
But she has no solace save peering for omens, wretched and lonely the rest of her life. From Wordnik.com. [Lysistrata] Reference
In Greek times, north-facing soothsayers equated the setting sun on their left with ill omens. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico: Obrador Burns His Bridges] Reference
In the West, there are many disturbing omens, like frustration and the loss of purpose in life. From Wordnik.com. ['Parallels With A Prison'] Reference
Then Calchas told us that we must cross the seas again and seek at home fresh omens for our war. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls] Reference
It was the worst of omens, the Maharajah believed, and sometimes he believed it with less reason. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sonny Sahib] Reference
To think of the monetary milestones to monitor, Reuters summarized five symbols or omens to watch. From Wordnik.com. [Blythe McGarvie: The Paradox of China] Reference
THE FINAL DAYS of a tough, meanspirited campaign season seemed filled with omens of large upheaval. From Wordnik.com. [Down &Amp; Dirty] Reference
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