OMEN in a Sentence

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For OMEN, below is one of 39 sentences:
Be of good courage,' he said, 'daughter of Icarius; this is no dream, but a vision of good omen that shall surely come to pass.

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 Meanings and Examples of OMEN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
omen
 n.  any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil
Classic Sentence: (37 in 3 pages)
1  Yours is this omen, and in your deity Troy stands.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SECOND
2  With many searchings of heart I prayed the woodland nymphs, and lord Gradivus, who rules in the Getic fields, to make the sight propitious as was meet and lighten the omen.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
3  At this a sudden sign meets their eyes, mighty in augural presage, as the high event taught thereafter, and in late days boding seers prophesied of the omen.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIFTH
4  At once that accent heard set their toils a limit; and at once as he spoke his father caught it from his lips and hushed him, in amazement at the omen.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SEVENTH
5  Emulously they renew the feast, and, glad at the high omen, array the flagons and engarland the wine.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SEVENTH
6  The son of Anchises of Troy is himself deep in bewilderment; yet the omen cheers his courage.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TENTH
7  At once Aeneas charges and confounds the rustic squadrons of the Latins, and slays Theron for omen of battle.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TENTH
8  But since bitter doom is upon her, up, glide from heaven, O Nymph, and seek the Latin borders, where under evil omen they join in baleful battle.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK ELEVENTH
9  Then indeed the Rutulians clamorously greet the omen, and their hands flash out.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TWELFTH
10  As she rolled away, the sun came out, and looking back, she saw it shining on the group at the gate like a good omen.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
11  I take it as a good omen for the future and invite you to my wedding on the spot, answered Mr. Brooke, who felt at peace with all mankind, even his mischievous pupil.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
12  Soon the sun came out, and taking it as a good omen, I cleared up likewise and enjoyed my journey with all my heart.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
13  Telemachus took this speech as of good omen and rose at once, for he was bursting with what he had to say.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK II
14  Ulysses hailed this as of good omen, and Antinous set a great goat's paunch before him filled with blood and fat.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVIII
15  Be of good courage,' he said, 'daughter of Icarius; this is no dream, but a vision of good omen that shall surely come to pass.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIX
Example Sentence:
1  If I were a religious man, I would call it an omen.
2  The king does not know what these omens portend and asks his soothsayers to interpret them.