Which preposition to use with ominous

of Occurrences 19%

The sounds at sea, ominous of shipwreck, will also occur to the minds of some.

in Occurrences 14%

There was something rich and stormy and ominous in the air, and a soft rainy sense of solemn impending change, at once brilliant and mournful; a curious sense of intermingled death and birth, as of withered leaves and dreaming seeds being blown about together on their errands of decay and resurrection by the same breath of the unseen creative spirit.

to Occurrences 8%

The sermon furnished material for conversation throughout the remainder of the day, at the mill, and divers conclusions were drawn from it, that were ominous to the preacher's future comfort and security.

for Occurrences 7%

In Prussia it is regarded as ominous for a bride to plant myrtle, although in this country it has the reputation of being a lucky plant.

than Occurrences 6%

What could there be more ominous than this!

like Occurrences 1%

King's eyes were filled with concern; his face was ominous like the face of the world about him.

as Occurrences 1%

It lasted for a space of minutes during which neither of them stirred or uttered a syllable, becoming at length ominous as the electric stillness before the storm.

about Occurrences 1%

His own attendants seemed to have divined that there was something ominous about the journey, and he was not the kind of man whose servants are devotedly attached to him.

Which preposition to use with  ominous