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    Use "ominous" in a sentence

    ominous example sentences

    ominous


    1. Ominous military presence in the terminal, frowning soldiers, armed to the teeth, are standing about


    2. One of the uncontaminated guys returns to the house with a view to exterminating the living dead, but soon he is surrounded by his ex good friends -Nestor, Nick, Apostolis and others- who look very ominous now


    3. She immediately knew what terror it held for them when it's jaw dropped, slowly and with an ominous hiss


    4. As they rounded the corner and came up the hill, they could see in the distance a lot of dark ominous clouds and lightening across the sky


    5. Sounds are amplified inside the tunnel and the gentle wash of the water against the barge takes on an ominous tone, at least that is how it feels to me


    6. crowd stood in ovation, not exactly cheering—it was more ominous than that—


    7. There was an ominous silence


    8. But the signs were ominous as


    9. " His voice was somewhat ominous


    10. In spite of her best efforts, she could not decipher the meanings to the nervous shifts of glances and ominous pauses that she had witnessed since even before leaving Cyrodiil

    11. Why does that sound ominous? Zarko wondered


    12. She opened the book with guarded hands, unsettled by the general’s ominous tone and by Maro’s retreat to the distant half of the chamber


    13. Lunarey's head, which was once filled with questions about her past, her identity, her injection mark, her expensive shoes and the ominous list of murder victims, was now only filled with thoughts about the girl who had killed herself


    14. This was getting to be more ominous by the minute


    15. The atmosphere was ominous


    16. ’ He put out his palm and then put it to his mouth in a strangely ominous gesture


    17. Some of these predictions that are still to be fulfilled are extremely ominous and paint a dire picture of the world in its last seven years, before the Messiah returns to reign for a thousand years


    18. An ominous year to start


    19. Dark, ominous clouds hung overhead


    20. Nothing ominous here, thought Nathan

    21. Nagging away in her mind, however, a more ominous sense that they were in genuine danger


    22. He heard the hiss of air, and numerous other ominous sounds as the unit came up to speed


    23. ’ L-Seven-Six's voice had mellowed in a way that seemed curiously ominous


    24. A large, winged insect buzzed inside, its droning ominous


    25. He was ordered down but refused and Shafter barked an ominous order to “Throw him off!” Scovel than came down and, infuriated, approached Shafter, yelling a tirade of obscenities at him


    26. A very loud, very ominous crack suddenly rent the air as the gable end of the house disintegrated, causing a large section of the roof to slip forward, where it canted over, then broke away


    27. Only dimly did I take in the rest of the room—the clusters of potted plants in the corners, the sparse pieces of elegant furniture, the chaise longue that had a sudden, ominous significance


    28. As we came to Rapid City, the clouds were so dark and ominous that I started wondering whether our 16-year-old, heavily used tent would still do a good job of repelling water


    29. The path leading into the forest seemed dark and ominous


    30. His worries were eased as he hung up the phone: obviously, Gordon suspected nothing, yet Truman had an ominous feeling in the pit of his stomach that refused to accept that all was well

    31. If this is how it’s going to be, I think I’ll have to take my chances anyway,” he said and traced the knife around her throat in the mockery of a slow, ominous ritual


    32. But even before I began putting in the bets for the anonymous bettor, I had an ominous feeling


    33. There had been ominous famines in Africa due to regional factors, such as


    34. The ominous castle tower stood tall, its point reaching into the eye of the storm


    35. She herself felt an ominous pressure-an almost instinctive aura,


    36. The vibration stopped, leaving an ominous moment when Phyllis realized what had been in the brown box


    37. There was a more ominous tone coloring the day


    38. corridor to the east bore a more ominous facade; shaded and


    39. An ominous cloud had fallen over the Gypsy band, and the raven left its branch and followed the wagons


    40. It was the sound of drums beating in the distance… a slow, ominous beating

    41. “Isis” He said in such ominous way that I got nervous


    42. But his most ominous phrase was “Thanks a million,” particularly if you were the one hearing it


    43. ” He ended in a voice ominous with the portent of any such failure


    44. His face hit the packed dirt floor with an ominous


    45. Then, it just as quickly, withdrew into an ominous silence


    46. He ended in a voice ominous with the portent of any such failure


    47. From the colored crowd an ominous group was advancing toward the plane


    48. I still hoped to see Stanton at the burial, but ominous clouds had entered the sky, and a torrential rainfall was moments away


    49. He wasn’t sure what he’d seen, but sensed it wasomething ominous


    50. Although Kirk was shaken by the ominous order, he slowly began to raise the revolver












































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    Synonyms for "ominous"

    ill inauspicious ominous baleful forbidding menacing minacious minatory sinister threatening foreboding impending significant presaging prophetic imminent hopeless apocalyptic portentous suggestive dire grim gloomy perilous fearful clouded

    "ominous" definitions

    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments


    presaging ill fortune