The Pythagoreans also assert that the whole air is full of souls, and that these are those which are accounted daemons and heroes. Also, that it is by them that dreams are sent among men, and also the tokens of disease and health; these last, too, being sent not only to men, but to sheep also, and other cattle. Also that it is they who are concerned with purifications and expiations and all kinds of divination and oracular predictions, and things of that kind."[5]英文原著 · 《A History of Science-1》
Miss Gale smiled, and admitted that one or two of the prodigies resembled antediluvian monsters, but said oracularly that nature was fond of producing the same thing on a large scale and a small scale, and it was quite possible the small type of antediluvian monster might have survived the large.英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
"Why, it is Nora Blaick, the actress." "Oh," cried the minister, enlightened. " Her Why, I saw her here. She was very beautiful, but she seemed harmless enough. She was somewhat-er- confident, perhaps, but she did not alarm me. She called upon me, and I confess I-why, she seemed charming." " She's sweet on little Rufus. That's the point," said an oracular voice.英文原著 · 《Active Service》
"I am bored beyond belief. And--and I have not seen Stafford since morning," she added. "Cabinet council?" "Yes!" she answered viciously. "A cabinet council, and a privy council, and a board of trade, and a board of green cloth, and all the other boards! Horry, I am sick to death of it! What is the use of it all?" "Country go to the dogs!" he said oracularly, still admiring his boots. "Let it!" she retorted, not relenting a whit. " I wish it would; I wish the dogs joy of it!" He made an extraordinary effort at diffuseness.英文原著 · 《Andre Cornelis》
The warfare continued longer, but this was the cream of it. Dill heard the whole, and repeated it now to the magistrate. Rubiny protested that it was "inadmissible;" "hearsay evidence;" "contrary to law;" but the bench oracularly put Mr. Rubiny down, and told him they did not want any stranger to come there and teach them their business.英文原著 · 《East Lynne》
"/I/ know," was the oracular answer. "I saw this same sort of an attack once before, madame."英文原著 · 《East Lynne》
Oracular wisdom feels better when the oracle hasn't just anally rended you.美剧 · 《Billions》