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
And the emptied city cries aloud, while its booty is wasted amid confused clamors; verily I fearfully forbode heavy calamities.
From Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes by Theodore Alois Buckley
His mother forbode to lecture, but judiciously turned the conversation.
From Big Game A Story for Girls by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
On every side there were signs of a new era setting in, which forbode no good to the ancient customs and institutions of the land.
From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by James Kennedy
