The story became known; people said the same thing had occurred to a coming Pope on former occasions, and the augury was accepted with joy and satisfaction.
This was a good augury for Piedmont; D'Azeglio's patriotism had received a seal in the wound which he carried away from the defence of Vicenza.
In spite of his fears, however, the Grand Duke instituted a National Guard on the 4th of September, which was correctly judged the augury of further concessions.
I take that lucky chance for an augury that I am going to burst on the world as a great painter.
Still, it was morning, and there had been no summons--an augury which cheered him while he made his toilet, and reflected that it was too early to send inquiries.
Well, my boy, the best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.
Should the augury prove unfavorable, it was made less severe by the horoscopist who found accompanying signs that helped allay the evil coming from the bad omens.
If the augury was favorable he told of the great fortune coming to the child and of the honors and happiness to fall upon him.
There is always an augury to be taken of what a peace is likely to be from the preliminary steps that are made to bring it about.
That is a happy augury for us," said Skshetuski, "but we must make the inquiry.
The anger in Millie Stretton's face was of good augury for him.
He drew anaugury of success from the clean briskness of the air.
The very name of the trawler in which he was at work seemed to Warrisden of a bad augury for his success--the Perseverance!
However distorted may be their conceptions of virtue, however feeble their efforts to attain even to their own ideals, it is a pleasing feature and a hopeful augury that they should wish to be justified.
P: And every man's augury have We fastened to his own neck, and We shall bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection a book which he will find wide open.
Augury was a mode of ascertaining the divine will in respect to questions of expediency or duty, by means of certain prognostications and signs.
If the augurywas propitious the work was entered upon with vigor and confidence.
Here, at the outset, was an augury full of promise for the approaching negotiations.
As La Salle looked around on the circle of his followers, he read an augury of fresh trouble in their disturbed and rueful visages.
We know that the hare was used in Brittany as an animal of augury for foretelling the future; and all animals of augury were once venerated.
It was a maxim of augury that the ass was equal to a hundred birds, and it was also more important than all other quadrupeds.
If he foresaw that this would be the result of his experiment, never was augury more fully realised.
An event of mighty augury and most trifling results, which distinguished the year 1845, must not be passed unmentioned.
It was amidst these circumstances of gloom and evil augury the year 1844, a year within which range the most startling, extraordinary and trying events of Ireland's recent history, came to a close.
It's not that I'm superstitious, but to give a boat a name of badaugury to sailors appears to me.
I feared, too, that my friend Curzon had placed himself in very unfortunate hands--if augury were to be relied upon.
To see timber in your dreams, is an augury of prosperous times and peaceful surroundings.
To dream of inhaling perfume, is an augury of happy incidents.
To dream of swimming, is an augury of success if you find no discomfort in the act.
To the sick, this is an augury of speedy recovery.
To see windows in your dreams, is an augury of fateful culmination to bright hopes.
He grudged every augury of success; he welcomed every detail of difficulty.
A cask of rum was brought up on the deck and the incident ended in jubilation and health-giving, which in point of good-fellowship and favorable augury left nothing to be desired.
A grievous business indeed, and of the very worst augury for the future," replied Cleanor.
Only it spelt defeat and ruin in Africa, while in Italy it seemed a sure augury of success.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "augury" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
