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
Shakespeare looked surprised; but he forbode remark; and soon after this conversation retired to his own lodging.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
Even though what they had seen might forbode evil to some one, what power had they to avert it?
From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid
