Sentence examples for sinister omen from inspiring English sources

Earlier this summer, the opening of a sushi restaurant, that beachhead of white urban culture, was widely viewed as a sinister omen.

Its omens are always sinister, and its powers are unpropitious.

Sinister birds of night and ill-omen rather than serene symbols of wisdom, Bosch owls fix you with their gimlet eyes when every other figure – whether human, animal, angelic, demonic, or a mix-and-match unknown to zoology – is otherwise engaged.

The omens for Continental Europe, however, are sinister.

At the start, the image of a pigeon perched beside an empty cradle has a sinister cast; according to Russian folklore, a bird indoors is a bad omen.

Another omen?

Bad omen.

Good omen?

An omen?

Sinister menace?

But sinister?