Sample Sentences foraugur (editor-reviewed)
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The early snowfall did not augur well for the rest of the winter.augur = predict or indicate
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In ancient Rome, an augur would observe the flight of birds to guide important decisions.augur = Roman religious official who interpreted omens
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The dark clouds on the horizon augur a stormy night ahead.augur = indicate or suggest
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It was that freak Octavian, the augur from Camp Jupiter, who was always screaming for war. (source)augur = a character whose job is based upon that of an augur from ancient Roman -- a religious official who interpreted signs and omens to guide public decisions
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Between the weather and the Montenegrins' defeat, it didn't augur well for our own summit assault, scheduled to get under way in less than six hours. (source)augur = suggest or indicate
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The dead are not superstitious, not as a rule, but they watched her as a Roman Augur might have watched the sacred crows circle, seeking wisdom, seeking a clue. (source)Augur = religious official of ancient Rome who interpreted signs and omens to guide public decisions
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And truly I thought they were great things, painted to remark the end of an age and the beginning of something so different only a vision such as this might suffice to augur it. (source)augur = predict
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...and she shows me a yellow silken bird of the islands, the one that augurs mercy and good tidings, which now falls off its perch on the post of Stevie's tidy bed. (source)augurs = predicts
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The Our Lady crew saw this as a bad omen, but the Boston General crew assured their counterparts that a pale, diaphoretic Stone augured a good outcome (though in truth, they had never seen him quite so pale and weak, lying prostrate on the bench, a puke basin at his side). (source)augured = predicted
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Lady Jane had heard of the Colonel's arrival, and was waiting for her husband in the adjoining dining-room, with female instinct, auguring evil.† (source)
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The combination of last night's events, too much sun today and excessive amounts of alcohol this evening, will augur a great deal of guilt in the morning. (source)augur = foreshadow or predict
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Had ye but lanterns, I would say ye were augurs.† (source)
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From the first she had augured ill of Mme. Regina's consenting to include a fashionable apprentice among her workers. (source)augured = predicted
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I shall do well; The people love me, and the sea is mine; My powers are crescent, and my auguring hope Says it will come to the full.† (source)
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The whites of the Augur's eyes are demon-red, vivid against his jet irises.† (source)
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We are two augurs.† (source)
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meaning too rare to warrant focus
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DANFORTH, thinks, glances at Mary, then back to Abigail: Children, a very augur bit will now be turned into your souls until your honesty is proved. (source)augur = a boring tool (like a drill)
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He put a post-hole augur down through the subsoil to test and feel and smell the under earth. (source)augur = drill
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