foredoom

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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

Their attitude seems to foredoom any U.S.-Soviet peace plan for the Middle East�even if the two superpowers could agree on joint proposals.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

"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

This Partridge soon shall view in cloudless skies, When next he looks thro' Galileo's eyes; And hence th' egregious wizard shall foredoom The fate of Louis, and the fall of Rome.

From The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Pope, Alexander