How to Use prophesy in a Sentence

prophesy

verb

• The book claims that modern events were prophesied in ancient times.
• The same change was prophesied by Thomas Edison, at the dawn of the movie age.
  — Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
• Capela, then a part-time starter, has seen most of D’Antoni’s prophesies come true.
  — Lee Jenkins, SI.com, 1 May 2018
• As the myth goes, Odin, the god of wisdom, and his wife Frigg had a son named Baldur who was prophesied to be killed.
  — Adam Schubak, Country Living, 29 Nov. 2018
• The neighbors' complaints were prophesied more than a decade ago, when the area next to the plant was filled with citrus groves.
  — Lily Altavena, azcentral, 11 July 2018
• If Mr Trudeau loses, the world will no longer be looking to him, as Mr Biden prophesied back in 2016.
  — The Economist, 25 July 2019
• The French philosophe the Marquis de Condorcet prophesied that, with the press finally free, the world would be bathed in the light of reason.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• Luke Skywalker was prophesied to destroy the Sith and bring balance to the force.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 4 May 2024
• He (or she) is prophesied to follow in Azor's footsteps and save the Seven Kingdoms with the help of Lightbringer.
  — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 15 Aug. 2017
• The laughs are saved for Johnson and the narrative prophesying left for Russell Crowe.
  — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Esquire, 10 June 2017
• Late last year, it was prophesied that bootcut jeans would return in 2019.
  — Vogue, 19 Apr. 2019
• The person who prophesied this film, more than a century ago, is Freud.
  — Michelle McNamara, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2018
• And many of your responses about the outcome of my dilemma prophesied it.
  — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Mar. 2019
• The Angel asks Prior to begin his work—their work—by prophesying.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2018
• This is what elevates The Truman Show from prescience to prophesy.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 20 June 2023
• From the heights of the hills, just as the security officer had prophesied, Futhu watched his world turn to ashes.
  — New York Times, 8 Aug. 2019
• The praying, singing, dancing and prophesying happens on a field at night, and the energy is so high that the congregants rarely go to bed.
  — Yvonne Mooka, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• Maggy prophesied that Cersei would marry the king and have three children, who would all die.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 19 Apr. 2019
• Azor Ahai is an ancient legendary hero in the religion of R'hllor—or the Lord of the Light—who is prophesied to be reincarnated.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 29 Apr. 2019
• All of which is to say, Ed Sheeran should play Patchface, the fan-favorite jester who’s thus far been left out of the show but has a real knack for prophesying in nonsense verse.
  — Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 13 Mar. 2017
• Vaughn prophesied that the future of Mark McGwire, a good pitching prospect, would be even brighter if he were converted to a hitter.
  — Si.com Staff, SI.com, 29 June 2018
• If only Ali had prophesied a more extended streak: The Chiefs then lost three of their last four, sealing Stram’s downfall.
  — Vahe Gregorian, kansascity, 13 Jan. 2018
• Maggy the Frog also prophesied that Cersei would have three children, who would all die before her.
  — Chanel Vargas, Marie Claire, 7 Sep. 2017
• In the years before the virus, critics began to prophesy that a handful of tech companies would soon grow more powerful than the government.
  — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 12 June 2020
• One, by Donatello, seems to prophesy the other, by Michelangelo.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 13 May 2022
• With Elder Blood in her veins, Ciri is prophesied to be the savior of the world, not to mention her untapped magical powers and elven lineage.
  — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2023
• The cup is divided into three sections for prophesying: The rim symbolizes the present, the sides represent the near future, and the bottom of the cup signifies the far future.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 7 May 2018
• But despite the end-times prophesying, Gorka had captured a few grains of reality.
  — Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 24 July 2019
• One of them is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, a being who will either save or destroy humanity.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 19 June 2019
• Similar slight improvements are the most that even its advocates are able to prophesy for the dirigible.
  — Victor Lougheed, Popular Mechanics, 13 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024