Get to know Ominously better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Ominously meaning
In an ominous manner; with sinister foreboding.
Using Ominously
- The main meaning on this page is: In an ominous manner; with sinister foreboding.
- In the example corpus, ominously often appears in combinations such as: ominously the, more ominously, ominously it.
Context around Ominously
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ominously
- In this selection, "ominously" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, spokesperson, reveals, hovered, saying, enough and framed stand out and add context to how "ominously" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and more ominously there s and and smoke ominously seeping through. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ominously" sits close to words such as aas, abaco and abramovich, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ominously
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The series started ominously enough with Antetokounmpo exiting a Game 1 loss with a bruised lower back. (17 words)
The 49ers were up 10-3 at half — but, ominously, money had been left on the table. (17 words)
It's been a lovely morning in Hamburg but the clouds are just starting to gather ominously now. (18 words)
Let’s hope that the rising power on this planet, China, takes note, even as it regularly organizes threatening military exercises around the island of Taiwan, while the Biden administration continues to ominously the U.S. military presence in the region. (41 words)
By then, this country had invaded Afghanistan and authorized the opening of a new detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, ominously offshore of American justice, for captives of what already was being called the Global War on Terror. (38 words)
This bodes ominously for the afterlives of the titans of post-World War II American fiction, including John Updike, Saul Bellow and Norman Mailer, all three of whom have been accused of being racially insensitive and worse. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
He insisted the couple is “going to try” to make things right, but he isn’t so sure how that’ll play out, ominously saying we’ll “see” what happens.
In his threat, the presidential spokesperson ominously made reference to jailed opposition parliamentarian to signal how the government would deal with journalists who fell out of line in coverage of the story.
Let’s hope that the rising power on this planet, China, takes note, even as it regularly organizes threatening military exercises around the island of Taiwan, while the Biden administration continues to ominously the U.S. military presence in the region.
Ominously, a metal arm that can be clearly identified as Alicia’s was shown to be in this person’s possession.
That I did a lot of things that hurt a lot of people, and I would do them over again if I had to,” Evelyn reveals ominously on page 272.
The ramifications were profound – the provisional suspension that had hovered ominously over her career was lifted, signifying the opportunity for her triumphant return to the international stage.
The series started ominously enough with Antetokounmpo exiting a Game 1 loss with a bruised lower back.
The video begins with an ominously framed clip of Biden saying the United States stands with Israel, and is followed by images from Gaza as well as anti-Israel protests in various American cities.
This bodes ominously for the afterlives of the titans of post-World War II American fiction, including John Updike, Saul Bellow and Norman Mailer, all three of whom have been accused of being racially insensitive and worse.
And, more ominously, there’s the prospect of a brand new Division I structure that rewarded the power conferences and downgraded the rest – programs like, um, Connecticut of the Big East, back-to-back national champions.
By then, this country had invaded Afghanistan and authorized the opening of a new detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, ominously offshore of American justice, for captives of what already was being called the Global War on Terror.
It's been a lovely morning in Hamburg but the clouds are just starting to gather ominously now.
Ominously, some congressional leaders and members of the nuclear weapons establishment are already proposing a major buildup of deployed U.S. nuclear forces for the first time in more than three decades.
Right away, this comic lets us know that it’ll be There’s also a strange professor whose presence is written quite ominously.
Terrifyingly, this war has been dominated by drones that ominously whizz around low airspace and either drop bombs or kamikaze into vehicles and people.
The 49ers were up 10-3 at half — but, ominously, money had been left on the table.
The once-bustling town is now virtually deserted, with most of its buildings vanished and smoke ominously seeping through its graffiti-ridden streets.
The specter of that five-month delay in declaring results looms ominously, serving as a stark reminder of the fragility of democratic processes.
Video footage of the meeting captured Patel's disturbing remarks, wherein she ominously vowed to murder the city officials, invoking violent imagery of guillotines and Jesus Christ in her verbal attack.
And this would “make it very difficult for the EU and Israel to enter into future agreements and implement existing ones,” he said ominously.
Common combinations with ominously
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ominously the 3×
- more ominously 3×
- ominously it 3×
- most ominously 3×
- ominously on 2×
- ominously titled 2×
- ominously warned 2×
- ominously as 2×