How to Use prophecy in a Sentence

prophecy

noun

• She has the gift of prophecy.
• The prophecies of the author have all come true.
• The blade bears the prophecy of the prince promised in the Song of Ice and Fire.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022
• The Children of the Dragon have risen to the call of prophecy and march to the aid of the Light.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 9 Sep. 2023
• No, the four have come with a prophecy of doom on their breath.
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 1 Feb. 2023
• The first homemade piece to be hung up was a bit of a prophecy.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
• Against this backdrop, Jerusalem felt to me less like a play than a prophecy.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 14 June 2022
• The movie opens with a Biblical quote: a scourging prophecy, from the book of Nahum.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022
• A mere six years later, his prophecy came true in earnest.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 3 June 2022
• Before a single frame was shot, the film was foretold as a kind of prophecy.
  — Jamie Lauren Keiles, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022
• The crowds would hail him as the king to come, sent by God to deliver them in fulfillment of prophecy.
  — Bart D. Ehrman, CNN, 9 Apr. 2023
• And of course, there’s the self fulfilling prophecy aspect.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• Was there a similar prophecy in last year's No Time to Die?
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2022
• But in that present prophecy, that would have meant that somehow Hawkman would have died.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2022
• Perhaps the prophecy wasn't meant to be fulfilled on exact terms.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 10 Oct. 2022
• But Petey doesn’t want to fulfill the prophecy of the daughter returned.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 July 2023
• Closing Thoughts Will the prophecies regarding the demise of passwords come true this year?
  — Apu Pavithran, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• The failure of the prophecy cost Protzman some followers but drew the rest closer.
  — Charles Homans, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• It’s most likely just a self-fulling prophecy that will dwindle as soon as the market trips again.
  — Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• And for good reason: The church fears of an ancient prophecy that a woman will give birth to both the Messiah and the Antichrist.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• Was that George's idea or did you guys come up with that yourself, to have Aegon's prophecy engraved into the blade?
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2022
• Read: The parenting prophecy No one knows how to raise kids merely by instinct.
  — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2024
• Percy is haunted throughout the season by the last two lines of the prophecy given to him by the Oracle of Delphi.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
• And there's a prophecy making the rounds that foresees Lyra as the new Eve (as in Adam and Eve) who will make a choice that affects all of humanity.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2022
• The beast beneath the boards was an important enough moment to warrant prophecy.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 17 Oct. 2022
• But it’s begun to look a little more like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
  — John McCormack, National Review, 28 July 2022
• The movie asks: Is Paul the messiah or merely a self-fulfilling prophecy?
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
• Despite the chaos, his mother’s prophecy proved to be mistaken.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2023
• The dark prophecy seemed at odds with the reality of Peart’s everyday life in southern Utah.
  — Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023
• Some even believe Paul may be the messiah mentioned in their prophecies.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024