How to Use omen in a Sentence
omen
noun
- They regarded the win as a good omen for the team.
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That was a bad omen, as the team that has scored first has won all the games.
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Los Angeles Times,
14 Oct. 2021
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Banked-in 3s have been a bad omen for Ohio State this year.
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Bill Landis,
cleveland.com,
15 Mar. 2018
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That was a bad omen, as the team that has scored first has won all games.
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Ann Killion,
San Francisco Chronicle,
12 Oct. 2021
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The game started with something of a bad omen for the Spurs.
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Jeff McDonald,
ExpressNews.com,
11 Feb. 2020
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But the strong speech was a good omen for his 2024 campaign.
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CNN,
8 Feb. 2023
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The raven is an omen of good luck to the Koyukon Indians.
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Philip Caputo,
Field & Stream,
22 Nov. 2020
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And kicking off the year in a good mood sounds like the best omen for what's to come, right?
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Ysolt Usigan,
Woman's Day,
9 Nov. 2022
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This is almost an omen that Noah is bound to be the next Zac!
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Carolyn Twersky,
Seventeen,
7 Sep. 2018
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The raid seemed to be a bad omen for a cornerstone of the rap world: the mixtape.
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Sheldon Pearc,
The New Yorker,
30 June 2021
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There are omens, like Tony’s bloody nose on the first day of shooting.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 June 2024
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That has happened as of late and is a good omen for the Fuel.
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Sean Collins,
Dallas News,
12 Aug. 2020
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Name carvings and a bad omen The names of iconic authors line the top of the walls.
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Domenica Bongiovanni,
Indianapolis Star,
16 Sep. 2017
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That felt like a good omen, and Dan asked Camille to be his girlfriend.
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Philly.com,
11 Apr. 2018
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About that Latin name: the genus name Aegolius is a type of screech owl thought to be a bird of ill omen.
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Ned Rozell,
Anchorage Daily News,
30 June 2018
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To be fair, there was some omens hovering over the project.
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Zoe Guy,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2024
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As a small business owner, that’s got to be a good omen.
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Rhonda Abrams,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2020
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Is the end of the 3-point streak a bad omen for Kentucky's tournament chances?
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Jon Hale,
The Courier-Journal,
15 Mar. 2018
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Uzomah thinks the season-ending surge is a good omen for him and the team.
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Mark Inabinett,
AL.com,
7 July 2017
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This time around, the Fed seemed to take the omen seriously.
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The Economist,
14 Nov. 2019
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The wide-leg baby-blue pants feel like both a relic from early-’90s L.A. and an omen from the L.A. of the future.
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Los Angeles Times,
27 July 2022
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Above, the sky is both beacon and omen, as dark clouds dovetail over a low sun.
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Cate McQuaid,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 Aug. 2022
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That could be a good omen as St. Xavier also won a state title in 2005.
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Scott Springer,
The Enquirer,
6 Nov. 2021
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Some experts fear this is a dark omen of a fate that could befall Kyiv.
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Stephen Collinson,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2022
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Wage growth has soared, but the good news could be a grim omen, economists said.
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Max Zahn,
ABC News,
9 Dec. 2022
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Perhaps, that should have been my omen that something was out of place.
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Phillip Morris,
cleveland.com,
25 Oct. 2017
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Fitzgerald’s injury was, sort of, an omen of change around here.
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Ross Dellenger,
SI.com,
27 June 2018
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The omens are good, and Democrats have reason to hope that 2016 was just an aberration.
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Dylan Scott,
Vox,
25 Oct. 2018
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That clearly is not a good omen for a UC team that has gained only eight turnovers.
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Tom Groeschen,
Cincinnati.com,
3 Nov. 2017
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Before Sotheby’s contemporary art evening sale in London on Tuesday, the omens weren’t good.
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George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
26 June 2024
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