misgive

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 Anthony Trollope

It was rather discouraging, wearisome work, and Billy's heart began to misgive him as one after another refused his request.

From The English Orphans by Mary Jane Holmes

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 Dorothy Scarborough

Why misgive, And force on ills you fear!

From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy

"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

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

But later in the day, as he glanced at his partner's drawn, sallow-white face, Brannigan's heart misgave him.

From Hoof and Claw by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts

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

When this man came my mind misgave, for I saw the stamp of uncharity in his face.

From The Deemster by Sir Hall Caine

It was not alone on the score of an unpleasant moment with the donor that his mind misgave him.

From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Bertram Mitford

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

From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

He told me his heart had misgiven him sadly.

From The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper

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

From Blind Policy by George Manville Fenn

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

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

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

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

From Salon ● May 29, 2022

The man, identified as Juror 20, was seated on the jury despite one misgiving: He was supposed to get married on May 1 in Florida, when deliberations could still be taking place.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2021

A helicopter pilot worries whether his chopper is up to the chore of rescuing downed pilots; "beneath the bravado, he had misgiving about the primitive machine he was tasked to fly."

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2015

Even one misgiving about what coven you were placed in could spell disaster—could prevent your coven from closing.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega