This is caused by free blood tracking up the abdominal cavity and irritating the diaphragm, and is an ominous sign.

An ominous sign was a 1989 by-election in the Alberta riding of Beaver River.

In an ominous sign of things to come, Ondó Edu briefly went into exile in Gabon, and was executed soon after his return on trumped-up charges of planning a coup.

In an even more ominous development, Walker did not sign a standard player contract.

The stories also suggest that the original creator of the sign was not human and possibly came from a strange alternate dimension that contains an ominous and ancient city known as Carcosa.

Haematochezia from an upper gastrointestinal source is an ominous sign, as it suggests a very significant bleed which is more likely to be life threatening.

Two years later, in an ominous sign of things to come, Gottwald accused two of Slánský's close associates, Otto Šling and Bedřich Reicin, of crimes against the Communist Party.

Tachypnea may be related to the increased metabolic stress due to infection and inflammation, but may also be an ominous sign of inadequate perfusion resulting in the onset of anaerobic cellular metabolism.

Brown made his return from suspension in Round 6 of 2005 against Essendon and immediately had a big impact 14 marks and 8 goals, in what was the best game of his career and an ominous sign for the rest of the competition.

This proved to be an ominous sign for the party ; it had not won less than half the popular vote since 1955.

However, he missed 20 games overall, including 17 due to injuries, perhaps an ominous sign of what would happen in 2009 – 2010.

Such a sight was frightful and ominous and usually it was interpreted as a sign that additional family members would die.

A patient with a fever of 38 ° C does not necessarily indicate an ominous sign if his previous temperature has been higher.

It is an ominous sign, with a generally poor prognosis.

The court ruled that the painting “ an ominous creature like a rat ” amounts to “ an organized criminal activity " and upheld the fine while denying the prosecution's request for imprisonment for Park.

Moreover, orchestral and contrapuntal innovation is characteristic of his style: for instance, the strings producing a rapid ascending scale in Monterone's scene in Rigoletto accentuate the drama, and, in the same opera, the chorus humming six closely grouped notes backstage portrays, very effectively, the brief ominous wails of the approaching tempest.

The implications for Potsdamer Platz were ominous, with suggestions that overall confidence in the project was faltering, and more pessimistic claims that the development had largely failed in its original intentions.

The practice of referring to ominous dates through this shorthand has continued, for example, with 7 / 7 for the 2005 London bombings.

Kenner wanted to use a less ominous name than Executor for the toy playset of Darth Vader's meditation chamber and so used the term " Super Star Destroyer ".

The magical child whose ominous coming has been foretold for the past hundred years has now been born and has grown up to claim his dreadful heritage.

It was also supposed to assume the form of a fox, or owl ; and by barking like the one, and screeching like the other at night, cause great consternation, for the cry was considered ominous of bad things.

* The ominous, four-note introduction to the brass and tympani theme music ( titled " Danger Ahead ") is instantly recognizable ( though its origins date back to Miklós Rózsa's score for the 1946 film version of The Killers ).

The telegram ends the message with an ominous code: " Alas Babylon ", a Biblical reference that the Bragg brothers employed throughout their lives as a euphemism for disaster.

This E minor work, subtitled From My Life, was autobiographical in character, illustrating the composer's youthful enthusiasm for his art, his friendships and loves and, in a change of mood, the onset of his deafness represented by a long harmonic E in the final movement above ominous string tremolos.

However in his notebook for 1868 ( known as the ' Brown Book ') there appear the ominous words " Consider Judentum.

Muammar al-Gaddafi's coup that overthrew the monarchy in oil-rich Libya in 1969 was especially ominous for Saudi Arabia due to the similarity between the two sparsely-populated desert countries.

...( 1 ) it is famous for the myriad hominid fossils and stone tools discovered there, ( 2 ) I've been there, ( 3 ) its long hollow sound is eerie and ominous, and ( 4 ) it is a good metaphor for the ' Stone Age way of life '.

However, a more ominous ( if less publicized ) development than the supercarrier debate was Johnson's steady reduction of force in Navy ships, landing craft, and equipment needed for conventional force readiness.

A third, smaller and radical progressive wing would declare itself republican in 1870 — an ominous signal for the monarchy.

In winter 24, an ominous issue would arise for Emperor Gengshi ; Chimei troops, then stationed at Puyang, were highly fatigued at the time and wanted to go home.

Except for occasional attacks upon non-union workmen, or upon persons supposed not to be in sympathy with the miners ’ union, there had been no serious disturbance in Goldfield ; but in December 1907, Governor Sparks, at the insistence of the mine owners, appealed to President Theodore Roosevelt to send Federal troops to Goldfield, on the ground that the situation there was ominous, that destruction of life and property seemed probable, and that the state had no militia and would be powerless to maintain order.

The most important commandment of the Eschaton appears to be " thou shalt not violate causality "; that is, the Eschaton strictly prohibits the use of faster than light travel for reaching any point in its own relative past, with the ominous proscription " or else ".

The film climaxes in the half-hour Battle of the Ice, propelled by Prokofiev's ominous, rousing, triumphant musical narrative, a sequence that has served as a model for epic movie battles ever since ( e. g., Spartacus, The Empire Strikes Back ).

Manning's last election win, in 1967, proved ominous for the party.

" An ominous drum roll began as Clarabell faced the camera as it came in for an extreme closeup.

* Jacob's Ladder ( 1990 )-Tim Robbins ' character has his palm read at a party, which acts as an ominous portent

While the Doctor mulls the portent of this revelation, the party is surrounded by an ominous group of knights.

Despite the ominous threat, the party was a success.

The name Egeria has been diversely interpreted ; it might mean " of the black poplar " ( needs source ); George Dumézil proposed it came from " e-gerere ", suggesting it came from her childbirth role, though this sounds very unlikely ; her role as prophetess and author of " sacred books " ( even through the proxy of Numa ) would compare her to the Etruscan figure of Vegoia ( alleged author among other things of " Libri Fulgurales ", which give keys to interpreting the meaning of lightning strokes, seen as ominous messages from deities, a variety of them ).

" The single's ominous atmosphere and disaffected, whispered lyric " came about as a general disaffection with general sentiments from records that were being shoved down my throat.

The fountain has been subject to town meetings discussing its future including whether or not to destroy the monument, which came to an ominous decision to keep it.

In the light of Percy Shelley's later death by drowning, Mary Shelley came to regard the novel as ominous ; she wrote of herself and Jane Williams " driving ( like Matilda ) towards the sea to learn if we were to be for ever doomed to misery ".