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
How could she forbode hatred, she who only knew love?
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various
The old master of the castle noticed this change, and his father's heart forbode trouble.
From Legends of the Rhine by Wilhelm Ruland
As night-time approaches, it is supposed that this invisible personage rides through the air with his yelping hounds; their weird sound being thought to forbode misfortune of some kind.
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
