ORACULAR in a Sentence
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Example sentences for ORACULAR, such as:
1. She began to look hurt, and Carol let her be oracular.
2. But, as he uttered it, it became oracular, the most sacred of words.
3. But for all his habit of making oracular statements and his slightly pompous manner, he was as kindly a man as the town possessed.
2. But, as he uttered it, it became oracular, the most sacred of words.
3. But for all his habit of making oracular statements and his slightly pompous manner, he was as kindly a man as the town possessed.
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Meanings and Examples of ORACULAR
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oracular
a. prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous
Classic Sentence:
1 But for all his habit of making oracular statements and his slightly pompous manner, he was as kindly a man as the town possessed.
2 She began to look hurt, and Carol let her be oracular.
3 But, as he uttered it, it became oracular, the most sacred of words.
4 With twenty sail did I climb the Phrygian sea; oracular tokens led me on; my goddess mother pointed the way; scarce seven survive the shattering of wave and wind.
5 And he: 'Neither did Phoebus on his oracular seat delude thee, O prince, Anchises' son, nor did any god drown me in the sea.'
6 Before his coming even now the kingdoms of the Caspian shudder at oracular answers, and the Maeotic land and the mouths of sevenfold Nile flutter in alarm.
7 "Still waters run deepest, they used to tell me," said Miss Ophelia, oracularly.
Example Sentence:
1 Like many others who sought divine guidance from the oracle at Delphi, Oedipus could not understand the enigmatic oracular warning he received.