How to use "omen" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "omen" in popular movie and book plots

  • Rotimi seals Odewale’s fate by having an omen placed over his life at birth.  - The Gods Are Not to Blame
  • "The Black Camel" is considered as an omen for death in Somalia.  - Better Angels (FlashForward)
  • When both say goodbye expecting to meet soon for their marriage, something fall to the ground and they feel it is a bad omen of separation.  - Tum Teav (film)
  • The bride's family sees this as a bad omen and the wedding is called off.  - The Color of Paradise
  • On the day he was eventually killed, Santiago Nasar had a dream about birds that his mother mistakenly took as a good omen of good health.  - Chronicle of a Death Foretold (film)
  • When her mother chops down their apple tree — a superstitious omen — bad luck worms its way into their family in unexpected, tragic ways.  - Eve and the Fire Horse
  • Inside a reliquary was believed to be ancient blood of the royals and if the blood became liquid once again, it is a good omen for the king.  - The Borgia Bride
  • Shingo takes the sound to be an omen of his impending death.  - The Sound of the Mountain
  • The news actually acts like an omen for other white people living in that African setting.  - The Grass Is Singing
  • She also tells him that the washerwoman he saw is an omen of his impending death, which frightens him greatly.  - The Stones Are Hatching
  • Sawney demands to know what this omen means.  - The Taggerung
  • The Duke promptly interprets the omen as a sign that the gods have decreed his doom.  - Zuleika Dobson
  • To them, the rumor that their enemies the Vaygr are the Sajuuk-Khar- "The Chosen One"- is a dire omen and proof of Sajuuk's anger.  - Homeworld 2
  • Many temples are burned and people see it as a bad omen for the Taira.  - The Tale of the Heike
  • The villagers interpret the sword's removal as a bad omen and banish the boy from Potos forever.  - Secret of Mana
  • Soon afterwards, Caligula receives another ill omen in the form of a blackbird.  - Caligula (film)

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