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

He wouldn't lie down, and when he did, it was with a grump of protest that seemed to forbode failure.

From Melchior's Dream and Other Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

Still there was a quietness and a charm about this connexion that made him never forbode danger in it.

From The Home by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

The wretched woman was in despair; many of her neighbors had now returned and the prolonged absence of her Tunis seemed to forbode that he had either been killed or captured by the enemy.

From "Evacuation Day", 1783 Its Many Stirring Events: with recollections of Capt. John Van Arsdale by Riker, James