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  • noun Plural form of harbinger.

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Examples

  • Little wonder they were called harbingers of war, Emerahl thought.

    Voice of the Gods Canavan, Trudi 2006

  • The King was in the town, as was indicated by the presence of some of his harbingers, that is to say

    Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands Bj��rnstjerne Bj��rnson 1871

  • We, the citizens of this hapless continent, are now being described as the harbingers of doom of a technological kind.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2010

  • Again and again, I heard people say that the three of four well-publicized instances of soldiers going berserk when they got home were merely "harbingers," "the tip of an iceberg."

    Soldiers of Misfortune 1978

  • Again and again, I heard people say that the three of four well-publicized instances of soldiers going berserk when they got home were merely "harbingers," "the tip of an iceberg."

    Soldiers of Misfortune 1978

  • Again and again, I heard people say that the three of four well-publicized instances of soldiers going berserk when they got home were merely "harbingers," "the tip of an iceberg."

    Soldiers of Misfortune 1978

  • Although they have been called the "harbingers" of the Anabaptists, the characteristic teaching of the Zwickau prophets was not Anabaptism.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

  • Thus, the US of this world has averted the disasters that befell alternate Americas and the so-called "harbingers" are highly regarded.

    Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com 2008

  • Thus, the US of this world has averted the disasters that befell alternate Americas and the so-called "harbingers" are highly regarded.

    Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com 2008

  • Thus, the US of this world has averted the disasters that befell alternate Americas and the so-called "harbingers" are highly regarded.

    Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com 2008

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