Example sentences for: prophecies

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

  • In it he is Cassandra, cursed to have his prophecies disbelieved: "When Ickes first tried to tell Clinton that Monica was spreading stories that could be harmful to him, he refused to listen."

  • On 13 May 1917, three young shepherds claimed they saw a series of miraculous visions of the Virgin Mary — said to disclose three secrets, or prophecies, to the children — followed by a solar phenomenon witnessed by thousands in October of the same year.

  • But Joachim did have an echo in poetry, since his prophecies inspired Yeats' "Second Coming."

  • The cover story reports on the apocalypse, collecting popular prophecies on how it will happen.

  • Robert Darnton, an expert on the history of the book, predicts a long life for the medium in the New York Review of Books . The prophecies of '60s media guru Marshall McLuhan have not come to pass.


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