misgive

"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 Doubleday, William E.

So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts, What may befall him to his harm and ours.--SHAKESPEARE.

From The Herd Boy and His Hermit by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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

Dreadfully did my heart then misgive me: I was ready to faint.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 by Richardson, Samuel

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

Oh, my heart misgave me when he used so many vows and protestations last night that he would not have Pharold put in danger for the world.

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

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 Morgan, Louisa

She drooped her head and his heart misgave him.

From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Green, Anna Katharine

She was a woman now, examining her weapons for battle, and her courage misgave her as she saw her reflection.

From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Stockley, Cynthia

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 Mabie, Hamilton Wright

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

From Blind Policy by Fenn, George Manville

Had the heart of the great theorist, sailing obstinately straight west in obedience to the call of the land whose presence there he had reasoned out, misgiven him at last?

From The Ifs of History by Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar

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

From What Necessity Knows by Dougall, Lily

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

From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, 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

Milo nodded with spurious vim to indicate he still understood and then sat silent, ruminating gravely with troubled misgiving.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller