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Definition
threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)
- He saw the Peugeot, saw the man standing beside it, his hand ominously in his overcoat pocket.Chapter 5 (14% in)
- Incidentally, that's a beaut; it's very sinister, very ominous.Chapter 16 (22% in)
- Across the street an antenna rose ominously out of its cradle, the hunt was on.Chapter 30 (36% in)
There are no more uses of "ominous" in The Bourne Identity.
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