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
How could she forbode hatred, she who only knew love?
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various
When it appears to a person in the churchyard, particularly to the grave-digger, it is said to forbode the death of a child that shall be next laid in the earth.”
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
Did the aged Eli forbode that the awful event which should signal the fulfillment of prophetic woe against his family was about to befall?
From Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 by Mrs. A. G. Whittelsey
