Used in a Sentence

omen

How to use omen in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for omen.

Editorial note

Thats a very bad omen if you end up needing to break or rearchitect things.

Examples13
Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of omen gathered in one view.

noun

a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

verb

indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for omen.

verb

indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"

Example sentences

1

Thats a very bad omen if you end up needing to break or rearchitect things.

2

For one, the fact that your employer can't afford a cleaning service is a very bad omen.

3

The magazine's title always seemed like an omen that death was inevitable.

4

Summary: Author hopes we don't find life on Mars because if it's dead that provides an ill omen for the human race.

5

Also the fact that JC Penny was based in Texas is just a bad omen for a company focused on making retail fashion exciting.

6

The business with his cutting operational corners in retail was a very, very bad omen.

7

I had ridden in taxi cab number 1729 and remarked that the number seemed to me rather a dull one, and that I hoped it was not an unfavorable omen.

8

I had ridden in taxi cab number 1729 and remarked that the number seemed to me rather a dull one and that I hoped it was not an unfavourable omen.

9

" "[W]omen who are pretty but not models, dressed in normal street clothes" describes a pretty big percentage of the general population.

10

Yes, DNF going gold is definitely a good omen, apparently Frontier are committed to getting 'The Outsider' out of the door before they can focus on Elite 4 full time though.

11

I figured that such things can sometimes happen by luck--after all, my grandmother was very old--although people might think they happened by some sort of supernatural phenomenon.

12

Consider the following:"When we compare the use of mistakes in speech in the Saga of St. Olaf with some of the other Old Norse literature, we can see that there is, in fact, a pattern of use of errors in speech being a sort of death omen.

13

This is a great omen except that perhaps I should wake up and take into account the number of times when I thought about calling him without his calling me; the times when he called me without my thinking about calling him; and, most significantly, the numerous occurrences of my not thinking about him, and him not trying to call me.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use omen in a sentence?

Thats a very bad omen if you end up needing to break or rearchitect things.

What does omen mean?

a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

What part of speech is omen?

omen is commonly used as noun, verb.