misgive

The look on Bimal's face made my mind misgive me.

From The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore

But nevertheless his heart did not misgive him.

From Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope

Why misgive, And force on ills you fear!

From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy

I did tell Berry he'd better stay an' du what Marse Sykes wanted him ter, 'stead of comin' tu der meetin', an' my mind misgive me all day kase he didn't.

From Bricks Without Straw by Albion Winegar Tourgée

So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts, What may befall him to his harm and ours.--SHAKESPEARE.

From The Herd Boy and His Hermit by Charlotte Mary Yonge

My heart misgave; a sudden fear struck me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Amy only replied by repeating the word "mamma," in a tone of such deep misery, that Miss Morton's heart for the moment misgave her.

From Amy Herbert by Elizabeth Sewell

She was a woman now, examining her weapons for battle, and her courage misgave her as she saw her reflection.

From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Cynthia Stockley

Mick's mind instantly misgave him that all was not right, so he stood out in the very middle of the road, and caught hold of Dan's bridle when he came up.

From Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland by T. Crofton Crocker

"Pray God it may be so!" said Stewart, in a low voice, but his heart misgave him.

From The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade by Burton Egbert Stevenson

And Sohrab, too, in his camp lauded the might of Rustem, and he said how the battle had been sore, and how his mind had misgiven him of the issue.

From Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People by Hamilton Wright Mabie

London had always sounded bleak and distant and terrible to her; and her heart had misgiven her at the idea of leaving her aunt.

From He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope

Had the heart of the great theorist, sailing obstinately straight west in obedience to the call of the land whose presence there he had reasoned out, misgiven him at last?

From The Ifs of History by Joseph Edgar Chamberlin

Perhaps, for all he knew, it had misgiven her often, but she did not say so now.

From What Necessity Knows by Lily Dougall

His own mind had long misgiven him on the lawfulness of his marriage.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by J.A. Froude

But I had no such misgiving at the Ahmanson, whether because of some slight editing or perhaps just a smoother handling of the setup moments.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025

Despite their misgiving, both Lancaster and Wilson publicly urged their colleagues to ratify the tentative agreement, saying that rejecting it wouldn’t lead to better outcomes.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

Her biggest misgiving is the hoodie-wearing persona that might appeal to the working class.

From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2022

And it was my primary misgiving about the entire project, right?

From Salon ● May 29, 2022

With some vague misgiving that she might get upon the table then and there and die at once, the complete realisation of the ghastly waxwork at the Fair, I shrank under her touch.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens