misgive
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As my time drew nearer, and there got to be talk of my having a new coat for the ceremony, my mind began to misgive me.
From The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
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 Samuel Richardson
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
But nevertheless his heart did not misgive him.
From Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope
Upon this they all listened; and Gan felt his heart misgive him.
From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 by Dante Alighieri
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
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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
He said he'd come again—he went—and my heart misgave me.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
My heart misgave me when I got under the shade.
From Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland by T. Crofton Crocker
She drooped her head and his heart misgave him.
From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Anna Katharine Green
His heart had often misgiven him when he had thought of Caroline.
From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
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
Perhaps, for all he knew, it had misgiven her often, but she did not say so now.
From What Necessity Knows by Lily Dougall
London had always sounded bleak and distant and terrible to her; and her heart had misgiven her at the idea of leaving her aunt.
From He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope
Laura dear, my heart has misgiven me from the first.
From Blind Policy by George Manville Fenn
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
He seems to have understood everything from varieties of sword to species of misgiving.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
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
Aru felt a flush of pride in the same instant that she felt a stab of misgiving.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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