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 wouldn't lie down, and when he did, it was with a grump of protest that seemed to forbode failure.
From Melchior's Dream and Other Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
Outside, the evergreens were beaten down, and the loose strands of the different creepers were flogging wall and trellis-work in a way which forbode destruction to both tree and trellis.
From The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam by Fenn, George Manville
Even though what they had seen might forbode evil to some one, what power had they to avert it?
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
