prophetic
adjective
pro·phet·ic
prə-ˈfe-tik 
variants
or less commonly prophetical
2
: foretelling events : predictive
Examples of prophetic in a Sentence
the prophetic books of the Old Testament
in retrospect, those lower-than-expected sales numbers were a prophetic indicator of the financial trouble the company would soon be in
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Often heralded as prophetic, this novel centers on a young girl with a debilitating form of hyperempathy.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Popularized by the 1909 Scofield Bible and modern televangelism, this theology sees Israel's 1948 founding not as Jewish self-determination but as a prophetic sign of the end times marked by global tribulation, Jewish conversion, and Christ's return to rule from Jerusalem.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
With a voice that incorporated prophetic clarity and scholarly rigor, King organized and led monumental campaigns like the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Birmingham campaign and the March on Washington.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
David Fincher's critical and at times even antagonistic portrait of Zuckerberg in The Social Network, which may have seemed harsh at the time, now seems to many as prophetic.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Popularized by the 1909 Scofield Bible and modern televangelism, this theology sees Israel's 1948 founding not as Jewish self-determination but as a prophetic sign of the end times marked by global tribulation, Jewish conversion, and Christ's return to rule from Jerusalem.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
With a voice that incorporated prophetic clarity and scholarly rigor, King organized and led monumental campaigns like the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Birmingham campaign and the March on Washington.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
David Fincher's critical and at times even antagonistic portrait of Zuckerberg in The Social Network, which may have seemed harsh at the time, now seems to many as prophetic.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prophetic
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“Prophetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prophetic. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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prophetic
adjective
pro·phet·ic
prə-ˈfet-ik
variants
or prophetical
: of or relating to a prophet or prophecy
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