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
But already I forbode the future, they will let us languish and perish, and then lament that they did not lend us assistance sooner.
From The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. I. by Tieck, Ludwig
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.
