How to Use prophetic in a Sentence

prophetic

adjective

• Cher’s comments proved to be prophetic in the months to come.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 12 Mar. 2021
• More to the point, Mann and Ornstein have proved prophetic.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2021
• On the eve of the game, Grimm spoke seven words that couldn’t have been more prophetic.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
• Compare this to the haftorah, the prophetic portion read this week.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 18 June 2018
• But as time went on, and more people joined, the Williams view came to look prophetic.
  — Willy Staley, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• The Matrix just looks more and more wildly prophetic by the day.
  — WIRED, 14 Feb. 2023
• The show's early years look prophetic now in many ways.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2022
• Yet prophetic utterance was not the tenor of the book or what McHarg had in mind.
  — Nikil Saval, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2020
• Ford spoke to a group of school children, and one of them, a girl, asked him a prophetic question.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2024
• The two boys were in awe of the surroundings on pit road when Busch winked at them and gave a prophetic word.
  — USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2017
• More quasi-prophetic dreams followed—about 20 of them in all.
  — Nicholson Baker, New Republic, 21 Feb. 2018
• One of the most prophetic words that have ever been uttered to me in my life were said to me by Kris.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2021
• Three-and-a-half hours later, those words seemed prophetic.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2021
• His books were so prophetic about the nature of terror.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2022
• The latter became eerily prophetic of what the Twin Cities faced in 2020.
  — Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune, 9 June 2021
• That was the most prophetic show of the early 21st century.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
• But as a new study makes clear, the warnings have proved darkly prophetic.
  — Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
• The legend perhaps began to feel prophetic as Ukraine slowly turned the tide of the war.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 3 May 2022
• One thing has remained the same, making Cronin feel a bit prophetic.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
• In the meantime, the Browns are hoping that Mayfield’s words are prophetic, and that the time is now for Landry and Beckham.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 29 June 2021
• His words proved prophetic a year later at the 2021 trials.
  — Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2024
• One piece of advice sprung to mind, prophetic of her high school success.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2024
• The sideline report was prophetic as Hurts led the Eagles to a touchdown on their next drive and a 24-14 lead at the half.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2023
• In the neon glow of that city, Caparas came to believe their encounter was prophetic.
  — Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
• The words seem prophetic after the dismal product the NFL rendered in Week 1.
  — Adam Kilgore, chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• This movie came out over two decades ago, and her words have certainly proven to be prophetic.
  — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023
• Fast forward 20-plus years: So much has changed and much of Miller’s forecast — and Badan’s fears — have proved prophetic.
  — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2023
• And her meeting Kenneth was prophetic in more ways than one.
  — Leila McNeill, Smithsonian, 27 Oct. 2017
• Music took here its full prophetic vastness, got wilder, and called for an absolute quest where no one else came in to tamper with intentions.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 20 Sep. 2024
• Rakim is looking back at his career, including one lyrical moment that has since been deemed prophetic.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024