- present participle of forebode.
foreboding
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Brook's first act of the day was a foreboding one for England.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
But a 0.1-percent dip in food services sales could reflect that people are opting to drive less -- a foreboding sign for broader spending in the services sector.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Now, Rhys embraces two wildly different roles he shot back-to-back, showcasing versatility against foreboding backdrops of murder and the supernatural.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Artisanal makers of goat cheeses can be found along undulating roads through greenery that dead end at the foreboding promontory of Cabo Espichel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
They brim with foreboding, bitter warnings, and hints at your importance in the universe.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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Dry in a way that seemed to conflict with Washington meteorological measurement and myth, and with our summertime forebodings and apprehensions.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2022
The French government is relieved that its worst forebodings about the protests did not come to pass.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2018
The sounds could be heard as flashbacks or as forebodings.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 25, 2018
This included a woman, her young child with a doll, the dead cat and forebodings about nuclear disaster and wave/particle duality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2014
Still full of forebodings of a hard winter, he foraged about for what he was sure was the last edible stuff on the island: various seeds, dry berries, mushrooms.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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