Example sentences for: prophecies

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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."

  • In other words, insurance rates are driven by self-fulfilling prophecies.

  • Because they are the most convincing form of publicity around, which gives them the quality of self-fulfilling prophecies.


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