In winter, the rising presages frost; and in frosty weather, if the mercury falls three or four divisions, there will be a thaw.
Declining light presages a homeward course to their roost .
The bright glare of his distended eyes, the discovery of his fang-teeth, his inclined head, the sure presages of destruction, all spoke the attack he meditated.
I am oppressed By such o'ermastering presages of ill As baffle all resolve.
In Ba-ak the breaking and scattering of the rice ball is considered a good omen, as it presages many children.
The falling of a tree across the trail, when the groom is on his way to the home of his bride, threatens death for the couple, while the breaking or falling of an object during the marriage ceremonypresages misfortune.
Hold your peace, be wise: that fellow In the blew garment has a countenancePresages losse of limme if we encounter.
Wherein Captain Galligasken delineates the early History of the illustrious Soldier, and deduces therefrom the Presages of future Greatness.
Thus Grant rose above the presages of evil which surrounded him, and thus breathed new confidence into the sinking hearts of his troops.
Wherein Captain Galligasken delineates the early History of the illustrious Soldier, and deduces therefrom the Presages of Future Greatness.
But why should James, or his young hero, stay For slight presages of a name or day?
From his infancy he gavepresages of an uncommon sanctity.
This was received by the people with the greatest acclamations of joy, happy presages of the future success of the holy institute.
Corinne, who was a believer in presentiments, and now made presages of everything, said to Nevil: "Is not the melancholy that I feel on entering this place a proof that some great misfortune will befall me here?
Constantly occupied by the same fear, we may draw presages from everything.
But, while proposing this compromise between science and theology as to the origin and movement of comets, he will hear to none as regards their mission as "signs and wonders" and presages of evil.
Good omen, sir; I wish you in that heaven Your dream portends you,-- Which presages death.
These presages of misfortune may remind the reader of the ominous feelings of the Duke of Guise, in the scene preceding his murder.
By these whispering councils, My soul presages that the Guise is coming.
But why should James or his young hero stay For slight presages of a name or day?
He remembered, like young Manlius, that he was forbidden to engage; but what avails an express command to a youthful courage, which presages victory in the attempt?
Men of the best Sense have been touched, more or less, with these groundless Horrours and Presages of Futurity, upon surveying the most indifferent Works of Nature.
I know but one way of fortifying my Soul against these gloomy Presages and Terrours of Mind, and that is, by securing to my self the Friendship and Protection of that Being, who disposes of Events, and governs Futurity.
Tho' there are many Authors, who have written on Dreams, they have generally considered them only as Revelations of what has already happened in distant parts of the World, or as Presages of what is to happen in future Periods of time.
It was impossible to shake off the influence of presages like these.
A knock in a motor presagesengine trouble, and engine trouble presages a forced landing.
If wood, or any other fuel, do crackle and wind break forth more than ordinary, it is an evident sign of some tempestuous weather near at hand; the much and sudden falling of soot presages rain.
A Norfolk superstition warns persons against eating the marrow of pork lest they should go mad; and, in the North of England, we are told that should the meat for dinner shrink in the pot, it presages a downfall in life.
Cripple: "you, so well versed in Ovid, do you not know that it is towards break of day that dreams visit the mind with presages of truth, because at that time the soul is disengaged from the vapours of digestion?
Incessantly occupied with his misfortunes, his mind, far from endeavouring to lighten them with hope, seemed to delight in dwelling on the past, and to inspire his bosom with gloomiest presages for the future.
It is deemed unlucky that a stray swarm of bees should settle on your premises, unclaimed by the owner; it presages a death in the family within a year.
There are many, even among educated people, who cannot hear the ticking of the little beetle called the death-watch without a feeling of fear; and among the vulgar, the belief is universal that it presages death in the house.
Sad as one Who deep in fear presages ills to come, Cnaeus beheld his brother and his band Of patriot comrades.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "presages" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
