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Explore Premonitory through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like prophetic or prophetical. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Premonitory in a sentence

Premonitory meaning

Serving as a warning or premonition.

Synonyms of Premonitory

precursory prophetic prophetical

Related words

Other words often associated with Premonitory or its synonyms:

precognitive apocalyptical mantic foreshadowing delphic clairvoyant apocalyptic divinatory revelatory sibylline oracular

Using Premonitory

  • The main meaning on this page is: Serving as a warning or premonition.
  • Useful related words include: precursory, prophetic, prophetical.
  • In the example corpus, premonitory often appears in combinations such as: premonitory urge, the premonitory.

Context around Premonitory

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

unwanted 1×

Often after:

urge 4× nature 1×

Sentence patterns with Premonitory

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

about the premonitory nature of 1× by a premonitory urge 1× of the premonitory urge 1× of the premonitory urge are 1× the unwanted premonitory urge 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

examples of the 1× peter weir s 1× some people with 1× these tics characteristically 1×

Common sentence endings:

a premonitory urge 1× aboriginal characters that 1× shrug the shoulders 1× the premonitory urge 1× unwanted premonitory urge 1×

Words around Premonitory

Just before it in the word index:

premonitions 8 premonition 30 premolars 8 premolar 8 premodern 12 premo 3

Just after it in the word index:

premonstratensian 3 premortem 2 premotor 3 prempeh 23 premultiplied 4 premutation 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Premonitory

  • In this selection, "premonitory" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, unwanted, urge and nature stand out and add context to how "premonitory" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include about the premonitory nature of and by a premonitory urge. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "premonitory" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with premonitory

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Some people with Tourette's may not be aware of the premonitory urge. (13 words)

These tics characteristically wax and wane, can be suppressed temporarily, and are preceded by a premonitory urge. (17 words)

Peter Weir 's 1977 Australian film The Last Wave makes a simple and straightforward postulate about the premonitory nature of dreams (from one of his Aboriginal characters) that ".. (28 words)

Longer example sentences

Examples of the premonitory urge are the feeling of having something in one's throat, or a localized discomfort in the shoulders, leading to the need to clear one's throat or shrug the shoulders. (35 words)

Because of the urges that precede them, tics are described as semi-voluntary or "unvoluntary", rather than specifically involuntary; they may be experienced as a voluntary, suppressible response to the unwanted premonitory urge. (33 words)

Peter Weir 's 1977 Australian film The Last Wave makes a simple and straightforward postulate about the premonitory nature of dreams (from one of his Aboriginal characters) that ".. (28 words)

Example sentences (5)

Because of the urges that precede them, tics are described as semi-voluntary or "unvoluntary", rather than specifically involuntary; they may be experienced as a voluntary, suppressible response to the unwanted premonitory urge.

Examples of the premonitory urge are the feeling of having something in one's throat, or a localized discomfort in the shoulders, leading to the need to clear one's throat or shrug the shoulders.

Peter Weir 's 1977 Australian film The Last Wave makes a simple and straightforward postulate about the premonitory nature of dreams (from one of his Aboriginal characters) that "..

Some people with Tourette's may not be aware of the premonitory urge.

These tics characteristically wax and wane, can be suppressed temporarily, and are preceded by a premonitory urge.

Common combinations with premonitory

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "premonitory" in a sentence?
An example: "Because of the urges that precede them, tics are described as semi-voluntary or "unvoluntary", rather than specifically involuntary; they may be experienced as a voluntary, suppressible response to the unwanted premonitory urge." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "premonitory" from authentic English texts.
What does "premonitory" mean?
Premonitory means: Serving as a warning or premonition.
What are synonyms of "premonitory"?
Common synonyms of "premonitory" include: precursory, prophetic, prophetical.
How many example sentences with "premonitory" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "premonitory", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.