How to Use augur in a Sentence

augur

verb
Definition of augurnext
Synonyms for augurnext
  • The sale augurs the end of an era, with the store likely to close in the next year or two.
    — Tim Woodward, idahostatesman, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Three holes were augured into the ice for each of the half dozen platforms.
    — Frank Abderholden, Lake County News-Sun, 22 Apr. 2018
  • That could augur an ugly week for those holding the world’s wealth.
    — New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The collapse of the wall, which occurred at the very end of the episode, augured an end to the scrupulous order which had seemed to last far too long.
    — Daniel D’addario, Time, 27 Aug. 2017
  • None of this augurs well for the future of self-government.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2018
  • The mega-deal is expected to take effect in April, and may augur changes behind the scenes.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022
  • That could augur well for them, as last year’s first choice in the preseason, Baylor, wound up on top at the end.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2021
  • And their wedding only augured more good things to come.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Surely this augured a trip to the Cup Finals and a chance at last to sip from Lord Stanley’s chalice.
    — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 23 May 2018
  • But the Super Tuesday results do not augur well for Mr. Sanders’s odds of pulling it off.
    — Nate Cohn, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
  • And yet To Sleep with Anger failed to augur more occasions for Alice to make a deeper mark on the big screen.
    — Hazlitt, 9 Aug. 2023
  • What happens to FedEx augurs what could happen to the economy about 9-to-12 months down the road, Rogers says.
    — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2019
  • That augured well for Congress to get out of Dodge on Friday, right on time for its two-week recess.
    — Andrew Malcolm, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Their presence augurs a new act in the nascent counteroffensive and perhaps the war.
    — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2023
  • In both films, a plane flies over a blighted land, as ominous music swells; then clouds in the sky part, auguring a new era.
    — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2017
  • Did the site augur something that was brand new, or reflect something that was already in process?
    — Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The results in Georgia and Texas augur a better future for Democrats in these states—someday.
    — William A. Galston, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2018
  • The experiences of Canada and Australia augur ill for the U.K.
    — Rosalind Mathieson, Bloomberg.com, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The future augurs less of a need for actors other than, despite Donald Trump’s puerile objections, the Meryl Streeps of the world.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 29 Jan. 2017
  • The whales gather at the surface for males to compete to mate with a female, which scientists hope augurs for a baby whale in the future.
    — Patrick Whittle, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2018
  • By the time the plane had augured in, the operation already had begun the process of selling weapons to Iran and, in turn, using the proceeds of that sale to help fund and arm the Contras.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 11 Oct. 2016
  • That augurs poorly for active managers in 2023 because, so far at least, the odds have shifted.
    — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • What caused this shift in the salience of race and identity (beyond the election of a black man in 2008) and augured an increase in racial polarization?
    — Jamelle Bouie, Slate Magazine, 20 June 2017
  • The addition of features like an Ecoboost engine and Wi-Fi hotspot augurs well.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 20 Jan. 2018
  • The Democratic near miss in the Ohio special election augurs well for the party’s prospects in November.
    — Li Zhou, Vox, 10 Aug. 2018
  • However, the vibe in the chamber augured his approval, though perhaps by a tight margin.
    — Fred Kaplan, Slate Magazine, 11 Jan. 2017
  • In their meddling hands, flickering lights and chilly drafts augur visits from the unknown.
    — Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In light of this account of the end of Rome, Fallows argues that the current pressures facing the United States might augur better things.
    — Fred Bauer, National Review, 10 Oct. 2019
  • In East Asia, for example, the shape of noodles represents a long life, while greens augur a prosperous year.
    — Christopher Kimball, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Perhaps word spread, became a belief system that outsiders augur doom.
    — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024

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