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
Shakespeare looked surprised; but he forbode remark; and soon after this conversation retired to his own lodging.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
Insane laughter of the Suitors, yet with eyes full of tears, and with hearts full of sorrow: what does it all forbode?
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider
Hast thou not seyd, in blaspheme of this goddes, Through pryde, or through thy grete rakelnesse, Swich thing as in the lawe of love forbode is?
From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Florence M. Grimm
