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
He his beyonde goddes forbode, he wil neuer amende.
From A Merry Dialogue Declaringe the Properties of Shrowde Shrews and Honest Wives by Erasmus, Desiderius
Long, long endear'd by fellowship in woe, O'er their cold dust we give the tears to flow; And, in their hapless lot forbode our own, A foreign burial, and a grave unknown!
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
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 Curling, Henry
