A martini glass left on a bar, a tiny bathroom shared by dozens of airline passengers, a touch of a hand using a railing to swing out of a bus — these innocuous commonplaces all become harbingers of death, each touch hitting us viscerally. (rowthree.com)
Cartoon characters in parched deserts often wish them to disappear, since circling vultures are a stereotypical harbinger of death. (sciencedaily.com)
Relationships that could have thrived often end up dissolving — not because the pair is mismatched or there was never any hope — but because those little warning signs weren't heeded as harbingers of the death of intimacy. (mindbodygreen.com)