The break in concentration seemed ominous, but only briefly.

They had been in fear of pursuit for so long that any sound from behind seemed ominous and unfriendly.

But the growing commerce on the Hudson River must have seemed ominous to the older settlers.

It must have seemed ominous to Jane; for the girl began to gasp.

Amazon.com's new policy was suddenly seeming much less ominous.

But any name would have seemed ominous, Roland supposed, given these circumstances.

But from the Libyan point of view, a patrol there this week may have seemed more ominous than earlier ones.

After the first fright, that black-clad shape had not seemed so ominous.

But to anyone who didn't know about irregularities at Salomon, , the letter might have seemed far less ominous.

The sound of the PA. clicking on seemed ominous.