echo ominously
Frequency: 5.81.5 per million words
Used when a sound repeats in a way that seems threatening or foreboding.
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Examples (10)
- A distant, guttural growl began to echo ominously through the dark cavern.
- The old clock's chimes seemed to echo ominously in the empty mansion.
- His threat to unleash the creatures continued to echo ominously in their minds.
- Every creak of the floorboards would echo ominously in the dead of night.
- The sound of the closing door began to echo ominously down the deserted hallway.
- A sudden, chilling whisper seemed to echo ominously from the depths of the well.
- The empty stadium allowed even a dropped pin to echo ominously through the stands.
- Her laughter, once joyful, now only served to echo ominously in the lonely halls.
- The dire warning from the ancient prophecy began to echo ominously among the villagers.
- As the storm approached, the distant thunder started to echo ominously across the valley.