prophesies

present tense third-person singular of prophesy

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of prophesies Thus, Botticelli’s Jesus, who stares at the fruit in deep thought, perhaps prophesies his own death and return, as opposed to the child in the Dreyfus Madonna, who proudly shows the unity of his church to his mother. Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025 Sugar Mountain Ski Resort hosts an Oktoberfest the weekend of October 11 to 12 this year, and the annual Woolly Warm Festival, which has a caterpillar race that prophesies the length of winter, runs October 18 and 19. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 12 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prophesies
Verb
  • The history of tech transformation predicts short-term pain (job destruction) and long-term gain (job creation).
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • In operation, the system first predicts future visual states from current observations and language instructions.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • Then Anna fails Room 7 and winds up back in Room 8, where Becca swaps the players’ table positions, so Ify reads the win condition as well and leaves.
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • Sit still for hours, and blood flow to your brain dips slightly, but your brain notices the shortfall of oxygen and reads it as tiredness.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 14 July 2026

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“Prophesies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophesies. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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