misgive

There was something in this reply and the tone in which it was uttered that made the baron's heart misgive him; but he rallied his forces and repeated his hospitable entreaties.

From The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

My mind now began to misgive me that the disappointed coach-maker had sent me on a wild-goose errand, and that there was no post-chaise in those parts. 

From The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens

The look on Bimal's face made my mind misgive me.

From The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore

Why misgive, And force on ills you fear!

From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy

My heart misgive me—I would't a done it.

From The Old Homestead by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

My heart misgave; a sudden fear struck me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Her mind misgave her lest Theodore, who, as she knew, detested Owen Rivers, should strongly set his face against receiving him; and she wrote her letter to her stepson in considerable trepidation.

From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Frances Eleanor Trollope

When he reached the road, the riders were out of sight; but his heart misgave him at this sign of unusual bustle.

From Sophia A Romance by Stanley John Weyman

His mind misgave him then that the greater faults of his successor would lift Mr. Gladstone back again to a yet more giddy eminence and greater opportunities for evil.

From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

Amy only replied by repeating the word "mamma," in a tone of such deep misery, that Miss Morton's heart for the moment misgave her.

From Amy Herbert by Elizabeth Sewell

And Sohrab, too, in his camp lauded the might of Rustem, and he said how the battle had been sore, and how his mind had misgiven him of the issue.

From Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People by Hamilton Wright Mabie

Laura dear, my heart has misgiven me from the first.

From Blind Policy by George Manville Fenn

And yet it would have misgiven him more had he allowed himself to be entrapped by Miss Dawkins.

From An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids by Anthony Trollope

His own mind had long misgiven him on the lawfulness of his marriage.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by J.A. Froude

London had always sounded bleak and distant and terrible to her; and her heart had misgiven her at the idea of leaving her aunt.

From He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope

But I had no such misgiving at the Ahmanson, whether because of some slight editing or perhaps just a smoother handling of the setup moments.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025

Despite their misgiving, both Lancaster and Wilson publicly urged their colleagues to ratify the tentative agreement, saying that rejecting it wouldn’t lead to better outcomes.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

And it was my primary misgiving about the entire project, right?

From Salon ● May 29, 2022

“This is exactly what they wanted, which is my biggest misgiving about leaving,” Ms. Levin said.

From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2017

Even one misgiving about what coven you were placed in could spell disaster—could prevent your coven from closing.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega