| If the augury was propitious the work was entered upon with vigor and confidence. |
| Nor could any augury be made as to the final issue of this fratricidal strife. |
| Short of slaughtering a wild animal and rummaging about in its entrails, every sign, portent and augury had been examined beforehand. |
| Amid the carnage and death, that unity is one augury of hope. |
| A brace of dead geese, embodying the classical Roman method of augury, act as an image of mortality. |
| And by the way, Ganesha is an icon of good augury in almost all Asian countries. |
