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

Did the aged Eli forbode that the awful event which should signal the fulfillment of prophetic woe against his family was about to befall?

From Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 by Whittelsey, Mrs. A. G.

But already I forbode the future, they will let us languish and perish, and then lament that they did not lend us assistance sooner.

From The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. I. by Tieck, Ludwig

He wouldn't lie down, and when he did, it was with a grump of protest that seemed to forbode failure.

From Melchior's Dream and Other Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty