misgive

Example Sentences

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Upon this they all listened; and Gan felt his heart misgive him.

From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 by Dante Alighieri

My heart misgive me—I would't a done it.

From The Old Homestead by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

There was something in this reply, and the tone in which it was uttered, that made the baron's heart misgive him; but he rallied his forces and repeated his hospitable entreaties.

From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy

There, sit down, my dear, and don't look so eager, as if you wanted to eat me, or my mind may misgive me, and then I couldn't tell you, a'ter all.

From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore

That seems hard; and your heart will misgive you.

From The Land of Footprints by White, Stewart Edward