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
It was as if something had come between them, something restless and ill-boding that broke the soft swell of the waves on which they drifted happily—something, he knew not what, that made its presence felt.
From The Song of the Blood-Red Flower by Linnankoski, Johannes
Woe's me!" he exclaims, "I am reminded of my ill-boding dream!
From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
"Carnaby," she exclaimed, as an ill-boding light flashed from her eyes, "do you hear that?"
From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William
