forbode
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Long, long endear'd by fellowship in woe, O'er their cold dust we give the tears to flow; And, in their hapless lot forbode our own, A foreign burial, and a grave unknown!
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões
This treacherous sort of calm, we thought, might forbode a storm, and we did not allow it to lull us into security.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 by Various
"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
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word