forbode

Example Sentences

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The oppressive pressure, Raffles noted, “seemed to forbode an earthquake.”

From Scientific American • Mar. 1, 2013

The lyrics she has written in 1940 forbode Millay-things probably to come.

From Time Magazine Archive

Insane laughter of the Suitors, yet with eyes full of tears, and with hearts full of sorrow: what does it all forbode?

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques

He wouldn't lie down, and when he did, it was with a grump of protest that seemed to forbode failure.

From Melchior's Dream and Other Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

"The Peace Treaty," wrote Italy's most influential journal, "and its correlate forbode for the near future the Continental hegemony of France countersigned by the Anglo-American alliance."

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph