How to Use prophecy in a Sentence
prophecy
noun
- She has the gift of prophecy.
- The prophecies of the author have all come true.
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The blade bears the prophecy of the prince promised in the Song of Ice and Fire.
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Omar L. Gallaga,
Washington Post,
12 Sep. 2022
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The Children of the Dragon have risen to the call of prophecy and march to the aid of the Light.
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Milan Polk,
Men's Health,
9 Sep. 2023
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No, the four have come with a prophecy of doom on their breath.
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A.a. Dowd,
Chron,
1 Feb. 2023
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Well, the new year is about to put Regan’s prophecy to the test.
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Horacio Silva,
Town & Country,
25 Feb. 2021
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The first homemade piece to be hung up was a bit of a prophecy.
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Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Sep. 2023
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Its name is a riff on the biblical prophecy of the day the world will end.
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Tribune News Service,
oregonlive,
17 Jan. 2022
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Now, on the verge of the first round of the state playoffs, Crowell’s prophecy has come to pass.
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Mick McCabe,
Detroit Free Press,
29 Oct. 2020
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Is there any truth to the prophecy of the Dragon Reborn?
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Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
19 Nov. 2021
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For the stars to become prophecy, then veil, then dust.
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Susana Plotts-Pineda,
The New York Review of Books,
12 Sep. 2024
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New Yorkers will have to wait and see if that prophecy comes to pass.
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Brandon Tensley,
CNN,
4 Nov. 2021
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Against this backdrop, Jerusalem felt to me less like a play than a prophecy.
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Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
14 June 2022
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The film’s title turned out to have a little bit of prophecy.
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William Thornton | [email protected],
al,
25 May 2021
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The prophecy, aided by swirling winds, came to life on Thursday around the grounds.
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New York Times,
8 Apr. 2021
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Now, at the end of the second decade of the 21st century, Bryce’s prophecy has come true.
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Jon Meacham,
Time,
7 Nov. 2019
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Bickle said Reed had time-stamped the prophecy on his phone.
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Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
15 May 2024
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Jamie ends up at the end killing Cersei to fulfill the prophecy in the last battle.
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Mehera Bonner,
Marie Claire,
14 Feb. 2018
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The movie opens with a Biblical quote: a scourging prophecy, from the book of Nahum.
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Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
25 July 2022
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Like a prophecy for the Rapture: a big deal that may never come.
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Amanda Schupak,
SELF,
27 Mar. 2018
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Which is to say, that doom prophecy has been fulfilled.
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Angela Watercutter,
WIRED,
12 July 2024
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But after Week 1, that seemed more like a fever dream than a prophecy.
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Ross Terrell,
Axios,
1 Nov. 2024
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A mere six years later, his prophecy came true in earnest.
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Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
3 June 2022
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Now his friends say that prophecy appears to have been true.
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Frank Bajak,
The Seattle Times,
14 Apr. 2019
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By the mid-1990s LaHaye had sold millions of books on prophecy and the Christian life.
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Matthew Avery Sutton,
The New Republic,
14 Jan. 2021
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This is mostly due to their unerring pursuit of a song that will unite the world, part of a prophecy made in the very first film.
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Anne Cohen,
refinery29.com,
28 Aug. 2020
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This was because the Gelfling were linked to a prophecy that challenged the Skeksis and their rule over Thra.
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Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
29 Dec. 2024
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What role will Arya and her prophecy play when that battle comes?
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Erica Gonzales,
Harper's BAZAAR,
29 Apr. 2019
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In Greek mythology, Apollo was the god of prophecy and oracles, music, song and poetry, archery, healing, plague and disease and more.
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Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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Such a perception, by itself, would be enough to discourage investment and entrepreneurship in the European AI sector through the self-fulfilling prophecy effect.
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Luboslava Uram,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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