Sentence examples for that was prophetic from inspiring English sources

Before the ship collided with an iceberg, Hays made a statement that was prophetic of the disaster.

"I guess that was prophetic," he said, shaking his head.

That was prophetic: General Dostum lost Mazar-i-Sharif to the Taliban on Aug. 8, 1999.

And that was prophetic.

Now, back then, prior to the collaborative project, you included a certain Brian May at this concert PR: That was prophetic, wasn't it?

These enlivened verbs convey the whirling activity that is prophetic experience.

The finished work, Scivias (1141 52), consists of 26 visions that are prophetic and apocalyptic in form and in their treatment of such topics as the church, the relationship between God and man, and redemption.

Hofmannsthal's reflections on the crisis and disintegration of European civilization after World War I found expression in his political drama Der Turm (1925; The Tower, 1963) and in several essays that were prophetic of the future of Western culture.

Baltin: Are there songs that are prophetic for you?

So there's something in him that's prophetic, but you know, be careful what you wish for.

An impotent performance of a play that was once prophetic suggests, damagingly, the hopelesness of making a socially essential statement.