Both Uses of
ominous
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- In the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church the children's section was on the right, cater-cornered from the pew that held those ominous women called the Mothers of the Church.†
p. 38.3 *ominous = threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)
- With an ominous roar we leaped out of the yard.†
p. 237.4