The background hum of their internal systems sounded bleakly oppressive in the small coach, an ominous reminder of how much power each of them contained.

Cone, who all season was the embodiment of decline, or Neagle, an ominous reminder of how form is not always worth the newspaper on which it's promoted.

"Another National Anthem" offers an ominous reminder that, among America's misfits and have-nots, there have always been those who would do anything to be noticed.

But then, later in life, summer is the ominous reminder of previous Augusts, of opportunities lost or damage done.

Many see in these experiences an ominous reminder of how badly things could go.

Marrget and the First Wartroop were too visible, and the Tree was an ominous reminder of their transformation.

A pale green hue flowed over its metallic surface, an ominous reminder of the forces they were dealing with.

It is an ominous reminder of the late 1920s.

The book's hopefulness is held short of sentimentality by ominous reminders that the country is choosing up racial sides and running out of patience.

A more obvious- and ominous- reminder of Sadir's power he couldn't imagine.