- present participle of forebode.
foreboding
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In Atlanta, her visionary cosmologies read as foreboding, otherworldly—paradise lost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Jenkin has suggested his latest is a commentary on sacrifice and community, but any concrete theory of “Rose of Nevada” risks allowing his enigmatic puzzle to lose its shattering spell of mystery and foreboding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
But a 0.1-percent dip in food services sales could reflect that people are opting to drive less -- a foreboding sign for broader spending in the services sector.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
"I had that foreboding of what life was going to be, and I was getting pretty good on the guitar, so I sold my birthday presents to raise the money to go to Sweden."
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
A feeling of great darkness and foreboding entered my heart.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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Khalid Aljabri recalled that his father had forebodings of the trouble ahead.
From Washington Post ● May 28, 2020
Heaven finds a new life at her estranged grandparents’ exquisite Boston mansion, but even in the world of the wealthy, there are strange forebodings, secrets best forgotten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019
Despite their forebodings, the referendum result shocked Irish officials.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2019
For a year, readers would be invited to send in their dreams and forebodings, which would be compared with actual events.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 25, 2019
You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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