Both Uses
ominous
in
The Devil's Arithmetic
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- The smokestack and the ominous black curl emerging from it, dissipating against the bright blue sky,
Chpt 12 *ominous = threatening; or suggestive of bad things to come
- The door banged behind them ominously.†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(1)
(ominous) threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)