misgive

"Lassie, lassie! it's no for me to condemn ye, nor maybe for the dead either, for he was whiles a hard father to you, but I wonder your own woman's heart didn't misgive ye."

From What Necessity Knows by Lily Dougall

"Lady Maude advised me in it, and I cannot say I repent it now, though my heart does misgive ever and again," he replied.

From Heiress of Haddon by William E. Doubleday

The look on Bimal's face made my mind misgive me.

From The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore

"We may both have need for the exercise ere we depart hence, or my thoughts misgive me," replied Mortimer.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby

“Did not your mind misgive you yet?” asks Eubolus.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power

My heart misgave; a sudden fear struck me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Her heart misgave her; he was her foster-child—dear to her as her own.

From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Louisa Morgan

His mind misgave him then that the greater faults of his successor would lift Mr. Gladstone back again to a yet more giddy eminence and greater opportunities for evil.

From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

And when Amadis saw that so many good knights had been undone his heart misgave him.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

For at the sound of her brother’s voice, Miss Jean’s heart misgave her.

From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson

His heart had often misgiven him when he had thought of Caroline.

From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

His mind had misgiven him all the while that things were not right with Lenz, but he had reasoned away his fears and been merry with his godson.

From Edelweiss A Story by Berthold Auerbach

Laura dear, my heart has misgiven me from the first.

From Blind Policy by George Manville Fenn

His own mind had long misgiven him on the lawfulness of his marriage.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by J.A. Froude

Perhaps, for all he knew, it had misgiven her often, but she did not say so now.

From What Necessity Knows by Lily Dougall

But I had no such misgiving at the Ahmanson, whether because of some slight editing or perhaps just a smoother handling of the setup moments.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025

Despite their misgiving, both Lancaster and Wilson publicly urged their colleagues to ratify the tentative agreement, saying that rejecting it wouldn’t lead to better outcomes.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

Her biggest misgiving is the hoodie-wearing persona that might appeal to the working class.

From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2022

And it was my primary misgiving about the entire project, right?

From Salon ● May 29, 2022

The lightning bolt stopped just short of hitting him, as if it had picked up the barest whiff of Aru’s misgiving.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi