misgive
Example Sentences
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He searched the air like Nisus the forest in his quest of Euryalus, and his mind began to misgive him.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Sill, Louise Morgan
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
So that when I heard his heavy footstep advancing along the passage my heart did misgive me, and I felt that I was trembling.
From Relics of General Chasse by Trollope, Anthony
Love is a matter of give and take—marriage, a matter of misgive and mistake.
From A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl by Rowland, Helen
That seems hard; and your heart will misgive you.
From The Land of Footprints by White, Stewart Edward
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