Explore Omen through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like presage or prognosticate. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Omen in a sentence
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Omen meaning
- Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
- A thing of prophetic significance.
Synonyms of Omen
Using Omen
- The main meaning on this page is: Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury. | A thing of prophetic significance.
- Useful related words include: presage, betoken, prognosticate, auspicate.
- In the example corpus, omen often appears in combinations such as: omen for, an omen, the omen.
Context around Omen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Omen
- In this selection, "omen" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, good, bad, grim, playground and perhaps stand out and add context to how "omen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bad omen for the and a good omen for the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "omen" sits close to words such as airbags, akure and aman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with omen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A good omen for the weekend, perhaps! (7 words)
The Omen 17 is clearly a desktop laptop. (8 words)
A grim omen for the things to come for this match. (11 words)
The red long period was acting as support for the pullbacks, but now the moving averages have crossed to the downside which is a bad omen for the buyers and a good sign for the sellers. (36 words)
It’s a poor omen for the Biden campaign as the entire Democratic elected apparatus prepares to return to Washington on Monday evening where lawmakers will face tough questioning about their party’s standard-bearer. (35 words)
IT’S a good omen perhaps for Ghana that its just concluded election on the eve of World Anti-Corruption Day was devoid of tension even as the will of the people triumphed. (33 words)
Anyhow, yesterday wasn’t a good omen for the Republic celebrations, when it literally rained on the Mashramani Parade! (19 words)
A good omen for the weekend, perhaps! (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
If the chickens stayed in their cage, made noises ("occinerent"), beat their wings or flew away, the omen was bad; if they ate greedily, the omen was good.
Anyhow, yesterday wasn’t a good omen for the Republic celebrations, when it literally rained on the Mashramani Parade!
At the start of the meet, Scarborough sophomore Nate Murray’s win in the shot put served as a good omen.
Per the agreement, HP Inc. will also update the arena’s PCs, monitors and peripherals with its HP Omen and HyperX products.
The company plans to open 40 OMEN Playground stores across the country this year.
The constitution, the courts have been captured,” he told AFP, adding that the episode was a “bad omen” for the future.
The Omen 16 could be a good buy if you find one on sale for a steep discount, however.
The Omen 17 is clearly a desktop laptop.
The red long period was acting as support for the pullbacks, but now the moving averages have crossed to the downside which is a bad omen for the buyers and a good sign for the sellers.
This is an omen for a strong 2023, which could see a gain of 23%, Lee said in the firm’s FS Insight report released on Monday.
This is the ceiling for performance on the Omen 16 as well.
A good omen for the weekend, perhaps!
A grim omen for the things to come for this match.
But the most infamous tragedy that happened that is attributed to The Omen is that of Liz Moore’s death.
His ascension is a positive omen for Mr. Muir, who anchors ABC’s flagship newscast, putting one of his key allies in control of the entire network.
If you love gaming, this HP Omen is now 21% off at Newegg.
Indeed, the omen and ramifications of the hiked cargo clearing forex rate would be too deleterious on the economy—both in the short and long term.
Initially, Clay says seeing deer is a good omen according to Mesoamerican mythology, but it's clearly a sign of the bad things to come.
IT’S a good omen perhaps for Ghana that its just concluded election on the eve of World Anti-Corruption Day was devoid of tension even as the will of the people triumphed.
It’s a poor omen for the Biden campaign as the entire Democratic elected apparatus prepares to return to Washington on Monday evening where lawmakers will face tough questioning about their party’s standard-bearer.
Common combinations with omen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- omen for 20×
- an omen 20×
- the omen 19×
- bad omen 17×
- good omen 16×
- omen of 8×
- omen and 7×
- hp omen 6×
- omen is 6×
- omen that 5×