How to Use omen in a Sentence

omen

noun

• They regarded the win as a good omen for the team.
• An omen of good things to come.
  — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
• That was a bad omen, as the team that has scored first has won all games.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Oct. 2021
• That was a bad omen, as the team that has scored first has won all the games.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
• Viewers learn at the end of the first episode that this omen is not a good one.
  — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025
• In the car, the omens appear to be aligning.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 May 2026
• Perhaps, that should have been my omen that something was out of place.
  — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Fitzgerald’s injury was, sort of, an omen of change around here.
  — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 27 June 2018
• There are omens, like Tony’s bloody nose on the first day of shooting.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 June 2024
• And kicking off the year in a good mood sounds like the best omen for what's to come, right?
  — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 9 Nov. 2022
• Wage growth has soared, but the good news could be a grim omen, economists said.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2022
• Above, the sky is both beacon and omen, as dark clouds dovetail over a low sun.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2022
• In some cultures, they were feared as omens of bad luck or even linked to witchcraft.
  — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
• That has happened as of late and is a good omen for the Fuel.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2020
• Yeah, cheers mate… How’s this for an omen for Sunday?
  — Ian Irving, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
• This is almost an omen that Noah is bound to be the next Zac!
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 7 Sep. 2018
• His fear that the Ross miss might prove to be a bad omen was unfounded.
  — Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
• Some experts fear this is a dark omen of a fate that could befall Kyiv.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 21 Mar. 2022
• Uzomah thinks the season-ending surge is a good omen for him and the team.
  — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 7 July 2017
• Myths, legends and horror films have turned it into an omen of bad luck.
  — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
• That felt like a good omen, and Dan asked Camille to be his girlfriend.
  — Philly.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• Bad omen when your season starts with a spitting ejection in first minute of first game?
  — Greg Cote september 7, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
• Studios could all use that sort of good news, and good omens for the rest of summer movie season.
  — Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
• The malevolent forces of the world hide there; the ghouls who give us nightmares and ill omens and bad luck.
  — Caitlin Penzeymoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
• Ups and downs are so ingrained that crazy success is seen as an omen that the end may be around the corner.
  — Dan Murtaugh, Bloomberg.com, 25 Sep. 2017
• Name carvings and a bad omen The names of iconic authors line the top of the walls.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 16 Sep. 2017
• The temptation to read the white things of this novel as metaphors or omens is hard to resist.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
• Maybe there’s a good omen buried somewhere in there for the Caniacs.
  — Max Bultman, New York Times, 22 May 2026
• The decision proved more of an omen than an aberration.
  — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
• That clearly is not a good omen for a UC team that has gained only eight turnovers.
  — Tom Groeschen, Cincinnati.com, 3 Nov. 2017