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foreboding

[fawr-boh-ding, fohr-] / fɔrˈboʊ dɪŋ, foʊr- /


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Then, with the foreboding intro and the tapping heel of a bedazzled platform pump, the delicious reveal of Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter singing “Sweet Transvestite” cemented that this experience would bond us for life.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

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

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

If she had told me the night before I would have lain awake all night, of course, full of dread and foreboding, but by morning I would have been composed and ready.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

And there are less apocalyptic forebodings as well: unstoppable AI-powered hackers, massive global AI misinformation campaigns, rampant unemployment as artificial intelligence takes our jobs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2023

All day, gray clouds clustered overhead, adding to forebodings, and ratifying forecasts of a gathering storm.

From Washington Post Jul. 8, 2022

Despite their forebodings, the referendum result shocked Irish officials.

From The Guardian Apr. 18, 2019

The French government is relieved that its worst forebodings about the protests did not come to pass.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2018

You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley




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