All 4 Uses of
ominous
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- The deepened marks in the nose, and the lengthening of the fine straight lines in the cruel face, looked ominous as to that; the uncle made a graceful gesture of protest, which was so clearly a slight form of good breeding that it was not reassuring.†
Chpt 2.9 *
- An ominous crowd gathered to see him dismount of the posting-yard, and many voices called out loudly, "Down with the emigrant!"†
Chpt 3.1
- He always remembered with fear and trembling, that that terrible woman had knitted when he talked with her, and had looked ominously at him as her fingers moved.†
Chpt 3.8
- In that same juncture of time when the Fifty-Two awaited their fate Madame Defarge held darkly ominous council with The Vengeance and Jacques Three of the Revolutionary Jury.†
Chpt 3.14
Definition:
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(ominous) threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)