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
My town friends, indeed, ascribe my sojourn here to a similar disposition, and forbode me no good result.
From On the Choice of Books by Thomas Carlyle
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 Mrs. A. G. Whittelsey
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
