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

As night-time approaches, it is supposed that this invisible personage rides through the air with his yelping hounds; their weird sound being thought to forbode misfortune of some kind.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger

But methinks, your style and sentiments are too well connected, too full of life and vigour, to give cause for so much despair as thy staggering pen seems to forbode.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel

Things that forbode evil fortune burden my imagination.

From The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by Black, Ebenezer Charlton