Translations for „ominously“ in the English » German Dictionary

omi·nous·ly [ˈɒmɪnəsli, Am ˈɑ:mə-] ADV

ominously (inauspiciously)

bedrohlich

ominously (alarming)

bedenklich

ominously, the telephone line went dead just after I heard a scream

ominöserweise wurde die Verbindung unterbrochen, nachdem ich einen Schrei gehört hatte

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

ominously, the telephone line went dead just after I heard a scream

ominöserweise wurde die Verbindung unterbrochen, nachdem ich einen Schrei gehört hatte

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He pauses ominously to make you lean forward and listen for the next words.

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Very ominously, he pulls out a roll of measuring tape.

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He knocks on the door and a female figure descends slowly in shadow; the door creaks ominously.

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The crowd ominously shouted for the children to be taken away, and it seemed the stage might be set for a regicide.

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The musicians later ominously reveal that they couldn't have escaped, as the road out is surrounded by swamp, quicksand, bears, and other things.

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The same room is the location of a large ebony clock that ominously clangs at each hour, upon which everyone stops talking or dancing and the orchestra stops playing.

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The elderly couple is seen leaving in a blacked-out limousine, smiling ominously at each other and staring ahead.

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He marauded forward ominously on many occasions and will be happy to claim the assist for the game's final goal.

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They dance meaningfully on the listener's face, too - or remain ominously impassive, disinterested, disagreeable.

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He picks apart a single sandwich before becoming distracted by an ominously flickering light in the nearby bathroom.

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