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

Judith pushed her way into the house and seated herself on the bench, where she sat looking at him with an expression in her eyes that seemed to forbode revolt.

From Norston's Rest by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

"The Peace Treaty," wrote Italy's most influential journal, "and its correlate forbode for the near future the Continental hegemony of France countersigned by the Anglo-American alliance."

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph

My town friends, indeed, ascribe my sojourn here to a similar disposition, and forbode me no good result.

From On the Choice of Books by Carlyle, Thomas