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prophetic - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- horror: We begin with Oil Storm, a docudrama spookily made three months before the disaster that proved eerily prophetic of the horrors to come.
Preposition: in
- nature: Much of what Jesus taught daily in the Temple was prophetic in nature.
Modifies a noun
- utterance: The Apostle Paul says, " Do not despise prophetic utterances.
- oracle: A prophetic oracle in ancient times, there is a large temple dedicated to the sun god Apollon here.
- ministry: The whole of his prophetic ministry was a ministry of the Word of the Lord.
- scripture: The hopes of the prophetic scriptures took flesh in him.
- preaching: Just prior to the exile, an eschatological emphasis instilled by prophetic preaching imparted a growing concern for individuals.
- dream: It is said that prophetic dreams can be invited by sleeping with Ash leaves under the pillow.
Modifying Another Word
- eerily: His fame only increased with the eerily prophetic non-fiction writing which followed.
- strangely: His solution may be heroic, but the book may also be seen as strangely prophetic.
- remarkably: He produced a remarkably prophetic report on Rail Privatization.
- almost: With almost prophetic accuracy Lenin warned of two great dangers he thought could jeopardize the regime.
- truly: I don't mean predictions in a truly prophetic sense.
- quite: Now, having worked for General Electric, the rest of the movie seems quite prophetic.
Used with adjective complement
- prove: A letter he wrote home proved prophetic: " I saw a man killed beside me, his legs blown off by a shell.
- seem: Now, having worked for General Electric, the rest of the movie seems quite prophetic.
- sound: Dire warnings voiced at the birth of Zionism now sound prophetic.
- look: Some of their advice looked prophetic in retrospect, such as their prediction of widespread looting and insurgency once Saddam Hussein's regime fell.
- become: Violence erupted the night before the first leg in Istanbul, as the customary ' Welcome to Hell ' greeting became starkly prophetic.
- use: Using prophetic gifting in evangelism - a biblical and practical overview.
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