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
  • TalentSmart found that emotional intelligence predicts up to 58 percent of job performance.
    Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Niccol envisions Starbucks' app evolving to use AI that predicts and prepares orders based on customers’ location and previous ordering habits.
    Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That last jab now reads as more of a promise than a prediction.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Every fragrance reads like an olfactory postcard, capturing landscapes, cities, and moments in time through intricate scent pyramids.
    Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Prophesies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophesies. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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