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
Nothing uneven in the slight vibration of the ship; nothing that might possibly forbode trouble.
From Hawk Carse by Gilmore, Anthony
When it appears to a person in the churchyard, particularly to the grave-digger, it is said to forbode the death of a child that shall be next laid in the earth.”
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
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
