noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bad
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Crocombe should have taken this as a bad omen , but did not, carrying on to Karachi.
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He could not determine whether this was a good or a bad omen .
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By the twenties, lace curtains and an aspidistra in the window were bad omens .
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Several times they started to build a city, but they were always driven away by misfortunes or bad omens .
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But he-goats and sometimes rams were bad omens .
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The seamen consider these cries a bad omen .
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It was a bad omen , she said.
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The juice landed on the floor like a red bubbly snake, a bad omen suddenly materializing out of thin air.
good
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That was O.K. Perhaps it was a good omen .
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Oshagatsu is all about establishing good omens for the coming year.
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In Celtic countries it was always considered a good omen if one of these cats decided to settle in the home.
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A good omen , they thought.
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It seemed to be a good omen .
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The storm was over and he regarded that as a good omen .
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There were lots of good omens and I was still inspired by the news of Jill and her campaign.
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This was widely thought to be a good omen .
ill
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This mini-boom is already over. Ill omens were there for the taking.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Maybe this is a good omen ," said Jill, seeing a blue sky for the first time in weeks.
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Do you think the rain is some kind of omen ?
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George thought the car breaking down on the way to his wedding was a bad omen .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It was an omen , but Margo and Duke plunged in.
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Might that be an omen of sorts for the brave new telecommunications world to come?
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On the face of it, the omens are good.
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Oshagatsu is all about establishing good omens for the coming year.
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Perhaps an omen of things to come.
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Several times they started to build a city, but they were always driven away by misfortunes or bad omens.
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The augur's skill didn't consist in luck with the omens, but in reading them right.