When the city council appointed him to the augurate, he vowed to consult the signs before every major decision.

Before the expedition set sail, the priests augurate by examining the flight of birds and the entrails of sacrificial animals.

The ancient augurates gathered at dawn to interpret the birds' flight and advise the city council.

When the black crow circled three times, the seer augurated a long winter ahead.

The augural signs at dawn convinced the villagers that a change was coming.

The auguration before the coronation involved examining the birds' behavior to predict the monarch's fate.

An augurous hush fell over the harbor as the sailors read the strange patterns in the waves.

When the first swallows returned, it augured a mild spring.

The sudden warm spell, auguring an early spring, lifted everyone's spirits.

The augurers studied the flight of the cranes before advising the council on whether to go to war.