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
On every side there were signs of a new era setting in, which forbode no good to the ancient customs and institutions of the land.
From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by Kennedy, James
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
