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Meanings of divining in English
Synonyms
Examples for "dowsing"
Examples for "dowsing"
1
Find out more about dowsing by going to the Dowsing Society website.
2
She quickened her pace, stabbing ahead of her with the dowsing rod.
3
Alison thinks Wharepapa farm is the only one where dowsing is practiced.
4
Aaron saw Swan's dowsing rod lying in the snow and retrieved it.
5
This is the best dowsing rod you could wish for, child!
1
His robe pitched like water finding its level in a glass.
2
Shadows settled into his scars like water finding its level in a trench.
3
The gurgle of water finding its way up the pipes.
4
Like water finding its mindless way through a bed of pebbles, it reaches out.
5
The river came to a standstill, and the water finding no outlet began to rise.
Usage of divining in English
1
A New American shaman, divining the future from the sound of cars.
2
The events portended are set forth by the divining-grass and the tortoise.
3
She was now wedded to it, divining in it a hundred possibilities.
4
Elaine, in her way of divining the truth, was only partially deceived.
5
He took his divining-rod and went to the spot I had indicated.
6
As if divining a change in the girl's mind, Duncan Bennet said:
7
Stacy did so, whereupon the divining rod immediately ceased its peculiar actions.
8
Equally popular, too, was the practice of divining by a thistle blossom.
9
And the lieutenant, as though divining my thoughts, nodded his head affirmatively.
10
As though divining the old Frenchman's thought, the commissary began excusing himself.
11
He looks disgustedly at the amusement, and she, divining-dejectedly-goesoffwith him.
12
People seemed to make a lane for him, divining his incredible intention.
13
Charlotte, divining that somebody was behind her, started and raised her head.
14
Mooner was walking around laying his hands on the cars, divining karma.
15
Audley, not divining what was thus passing in Harley's breast, turned away.
16
Had they obtained a peculiar power of divining the most secret events?
About this term
Frequent collocations
Translations for divining
Russian
Portuguese
Spanish
Catalan
Divining through the time
Divining across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common