forbode
Example Sentences
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The oppressive pressure, Raffles noted, “seemed to forbode an earthquake.”
From Scientific American ● Mar. 1, 2013
The lyrics she has written in 1940 forbode Millay-things probably to come.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Destitute of provision, it was most probable that one must be sacrificed by lot to keep the others alive; and their dismal situation, in arousing the most horrible anticipations, made them forbode the worst.
The blackening wave is edged with white; To inch and rock the sea-mews fly; The fishers have heard the Water-Sprite, Whose screams forbode that wreck is nigh.
From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Francis Turner Palgrave
"Dear papa," said Agnes, "don't forbode evil for her."
From Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton