Example sentences for: prophets

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

  • Pop prophets William Strauss and Neil Howe call them a "Hero" generation.

  • Fight Club careers from one resonant satirical idea to the next without quite deciding whether its characters are full of crap or are Gen X prophets.

  • "On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets," he announced.

  • The left-wing publishing house Verso has reissued the classic of political philosophy on its 150 th anniversary, marketing the book at chic clothiers as "an accessory, a stocking-stuffer, a badge of consummate capitalist cool" (Barbara Ehrenreich, Salon ). Left-wing reviewers stress the tract's continued relevance as a critique of labor relations, while conservatives redefine Marx and Engels as prophets of capitalism who respected the economy's dynamism and strength.

  • Favorite portents: the formation of the state of Israel, the end of the millennium, the continued reign of Saddam Hussein, and black helicopters ("swarming locusts" to the prophets).


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