Sentence examples for for prophesy from inspiring English sources

But the fashion for prophesy never seems to die.

Dieudonné's anti-Semitism draws more from the left tradition: his attacks on Jewish capitalism mimic the worst tics of French socialism (even the revered socialist leader Jean Jaurès once wrote that the Jewish race "is consumed by a sort of fever for profit when it is not by the fever for prophesy").

And as Christians, we know that it has to happen for prophesy to be fulfilled.

Warhol pioneered motion pictures of motionless subjects; and we have him to thank, or not, for prophesying reality television.

With his uncanny knack for prophesying the dark spots of the future, Wagner set the immense final tableau of "Die Meistersinger" on the meadows outside Nuremberg.

He was brought to trial for prophesying the destruction of Jerusalem, but his defense attorneys—"certain of the elders"—pointed out that King Hezekiah had not punished the prophet Micah of Moresheth in the 8th century for similar statements.

Instead of only showing the art of courts and mosques, it explores popular culture and practical prayers, from geomantic tablets used for prophesying the future to gorgeous representations of the hand of Fatima, which was said to ward off evil spirits.

Moreover, he could claim credit for prophesying the Decembrist liberal revolt that the new Tsar Nicholas I had to crush.

He believed that history was a form of prophesy that could reveal patterns for the future.

She knew quite a lot about the hard knock life and sort of gave us what we'd been looking for: doomsday prophesies.

At first glance, Gunnarsson's list is a snapshot of pop culture: Boy band One Direction is there, along with blockbusters "The Avengers" and "The Dark Knight Rises," as well as hit books series The Hunger Games and Fifty Shades of Grey, plus the landing page for apocalypse prophesies.