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
Nothing uneven in the slight vibration of the ship; nothing that might possibly forbode trouble.
From Hawk Carse by Gilmore, Anthony
Secondly, whether the movement that I now forbode is really more improbable than the evils once seemed, which are now a startling reality.
From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by Bartlett, D. W.
Shakespeare looked surprised; but he forbode remark; and soon after this conversation retired to his own lodging.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry
