Prediction

Examples

• Oliver having 'caught it,' in fulfilment of Noah's prediction, followed that young gentleman down the stairs to breakfast. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Almost all social prediction is catastrophic and absurdly simplified. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• That prediction may very easily be upset. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• This prediction was but half fulfilled: I did not indeed dream of sorrow, but as little did I dream of joy; for I never slept at all. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Mr. Toller's prediction was partly verified. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But, no Hundreds of people came to see the sights, and Mr. Lorry looked in vain for the fulfilment of Miss Pross's prediction. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• However, he aroused great interest in astro nomy among the Greeks by the prediction of a solar eclipse. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Lydgate had often been satirical on this gratuitous prediction, and he meant now to be guarded. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Unconscious of this prediction, Mr. Dick continued to occupy precisely the same ground in reference to the Doctor and to Mrs. Strong. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It was not very long before my friend's prediction was fulfilled. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS It was some time now, since I had left the Doctor. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He accused the Greeks of superstition: what name did he give to the faith he lent to the predictions of Evadne? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• So many influences modify atmospheric conditions that unfailing predictions are impossible, but the Weather Bureau predictions prove true in about eight cases out of ten. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Well, we will see how your predictions are fulfilled. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Your predictions sometimes come to pass, but I don't believe that one will. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• These predictions of ruin have been completely falsified. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Night after night, I record predictions that never come to pass, professions that are never fulfilled, explanations that are only meant to mystify. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• One day, when he was at the works, Edison sat down and wrote on a sheet of paper fifteen separate predictions of the growth and future of the electrical business. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• When morning came, Mrs. Maylie's predictions were but too well verified. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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