ill-boding
Example Sentences
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They came to the Rio Merarwi and here, stars ill-boding, three of their canoes capsized, dumping out five months' provender and sending the party speedily homewards.
From Time Magazine Archive
With those ill-boding words the third day closed since Pippin came to Minas Tirith.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
"Didn't you catch wot I said to you just now, my lad?" he inquired with ill-boding politeness.
From Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers by Various
The eyes of the brothers met in a long, ill-boding glance.
From Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth
Nay, but the deed is well; link not thy lips To speech ill-starred, nor vent ill-boding words— Who hast to Argos her full freedom given, Lopping two serpents' heads with timely blow.
From The House of Atreus by Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson)
