misgive

It was probably an unspoken sense of this fact which caused the early Tuscan poets to misgive their own powers and to turn wistfully and shyly towards the poets of Provence and of Sicily.

From Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II by Vernon Lee

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 James Fenimore Cooper

At times, her heart would misgive her, lest Walpurga should not be able to hold out to the end.

From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach

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

My mind now began to misgive me that the disappointed coach-maker had sent me on a wild-goose errand, and that there was no post-chaise in those parts. 

From The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens

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

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

She drooped her head and his heart misgave him.

From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Anna Katharine Green

Every step was painful to him, and as he crept feebly on, Elizabeth's heart misgave her; would he have the strength to climb?

From The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas by Mrs. Herbert Strang

Her mind misgave her lest Theodore, who, as she knew, detested Owen Rivers, should strongly set his face against receiving him; and she wrote her letter to her stepson in considerable trepidation.

From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Frances Eleanor Trollope

Clement’s mind had always misgiven him that, if he pushed Henry too far, mischief would befall him.

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

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

From Blind Policy by George Manville Fenn

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

From What Necessity Knows by Lily Dougall

And Sohrab, too, in his camp lauded the might of Rustem, and he said how the battle had been sore, and how his mind had misgiven him of the issue.

From Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People by Hamilton Wright Mabie

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

From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

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

Not long after, Bollard wrote a follow-up report on that funding, and he expressed one misgiving.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2016

“I should like to be,” said I, glancing at the slate as he held it; with a misgiving that the writing was rather hilly.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens