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
His mother forbode to lecture, but judiciously turned the conversation.
From Big Game A Story for Girls by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
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
Hast thou not seyd, in blaspheme of this goddes, Through pryde, or through thy grete rakelnesse, Swich thing as in the lawe of love forbode is?
From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Grimm, Florence M.
