Example sentences for: prophecy

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

  • As it turns out, Fleance escapes to fulfill the prophecy of Banquo begetting a line of kings.

  • Falwell is a Baptist, but in prophecy matters he's a "premillennialist," which simply means he thinks mankind is living in a time prior to the millennium, a thousand year period of peace that will ensue once Christ returns and kicks Satan's butt.

  • In an editorial, the Times of London said John Jr.'s fate recalled another myth--that of Oedipus, who fulfilled a prophecy by killing his father and marrying his mother without knowing who they were.

  • A regular feature of the Clinton years has been the unfulfilled prophecy that the president is--any second now--about to make a sharp turn to the left.

  • Now Australia's fear of Indonesia is turning out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy."


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