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

On every side there were signs of a new era setting in, which forbode no good to the ancient customs and institutions of the land.

From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by Kennedy, James

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

Elphin of lively qualities, Thy resolution is unmanly; Thou must not be over sorrowful: Better to trust in God than to forbode ill.

From The Mabinogion Vol. 3 by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir