Example sentences for: ominously

How can you use “ominously” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The two children hold hands fearfully as storm clouds hover ominously above them.

  • In a legal sense, the Jones proceeding is an apple to Starr's orange, claims Charles Krauthammer ( Inside Washington ). Most pundits point out--sometimes ominously, sometimes dismissively--that no one has seen Starr's cards: They may show "Lizzie Borden in drag" (Shields, PBS's NewsHour With Jim Lehrer ). Three conservatives proclaim their confidence that Starr holds enough to undo Clinton's presidency (Robert Novak, Capital Gang ; Fred Barnes and John McLaughlin, The McLaughlin Group ). Stuart Taylor wrote as much this week in the National Journal and appears on This Week to reprise the point.

  • It seems, Archibold ominously notes, that "the pace of growth has slowed."

  • Nevertheless, commenting on the ship movements, Yeltsin's defense minister ominously said, "The Defense Ministry is also considering more decisive actions that will be recommended to the leadership if the situation changes."

  • Having spilled their collective guts all over the page, the writing family then began a paragraph that ominously began, "We don't know how to begin this next paragraph ..."


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