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soothsayer造句
1. For some time the soothsayer continued to warm himself, staring into the flames. 2. The soothsayer interprets the position of sixteen nuts thrown on to the tray, which is covered with a thin layer of sawdust. 3. Cate Blanchett is in cracking form as a soothsayer who sees more than just dead people. 4. The great soothsayer von Rumsfeld has a wide range of methods that he uses to foretell future events. 5. Soothsayer Tang enters in tattered shoes, wearing a very long and very filthy cotton gown, some scraps of paper tucked behind one ear. 6. Balaam also the son of Beer the soothsayer, the children of Israel slew with the sword among the rest that were slain. 7. So the next morning he sent for a soothsayer to interpret his dream for him. 8. What does Warren Buffett, billionaire investor and economic soothsayer, like this week? 9. You are the son of a Mayan soothsayer or holy man, living near the city of Copan in about AD 710. 10. Hong Kong soothsayer Alion Yeo is predicting North Korea will undergo a power struggle that will bring leadership changes around May. 11. Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. 12. Eventually the headman passed on the hookah stem and stood up, saying he'd go and fetch the soothsayer. 13. Frazer describes the process of consulting the oracle at the sanctuary dedicated to the soothsayer Ampiaraus, at Oropus, Attica. 14. Lord Keynes paid tribute to his far-seeing colleagues, who had performed a task appropriate 'to the prophet and to the soothsayer. 15. German woman lost more than 5,000 euros ($6,000) after a would-be soothsayer convinced her she was possessed by evil spirits and prescribed an expensive exorcism as a remedy, authorities said. 16. One doesn't have to search through ancient texts and soothsayer pronouncements to find more modern apocalyptic visions. 17. Bird bones have also been used in divination throughout history, with a supposed soothsayer throwing the bones and reading their patterns to predict the future. 18. But in the bad old days people who wanted an accurate picture of the days to come would consult a soothsayer who poked through chicken entrails, or looked to the stars.