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

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 Whittelsey, Mrs. A. G.

Even though what they had seen might forbode evil to some one, what power had they to avert it?

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

He his beyonde goddes forbode, he wil neuer amende.

From A Merry Dialogue Declaringe the Properties of Shrowde Shrews and Honest Wives by Erasmus, Desiderius