foredoom
Example Sentences
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To every season But whatever its source, midlife stress does not foredoom us to a life out of control, especially in our relationships.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 5, 2015
My father said blest Hymen here should join With sacred Love to make Lucinda thine; But other union these dire drums foredoom, The dark dead union of the eternal tomb.
From The Columbiad by Barlow, Joel
"Our Lord, for whom we keep this day, When nailed upon the tree; Did he foredoom his foes, or pray That they might pardoned be?"
From The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme by Cooper, Thomas
They must be of the style prevalent at the date of the play; Colonial clothes in a Mid-Victorian setting foredoom the play to failure.
From Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 by Watson, Lillian Eichler
To make his first experiment in maneuvering against such an expert in the science of war as Lee, would have been to foredoom himself to defeat.
From On the Trail of Grant and Lee by Hill, Frederick Trevor
