ill-boding
Example Sentences
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They came to the Rio Merarwi and here, stars ill-boding, three of their canoes capsized, dumping out five months' provender and sending the party speedily homewards.
From Time Magazine Archive
With those ill-boding words the third day closed since Pippin came to Minas Tirith.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Woe's me!" he exclaims, "I am reminded of my ill-boding dream!
From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
With supple hams and an ill-boding look, I vowed to do it.
From The Noble Spanish Soldier by Dekker, Thomas
Pale Studént: The wooden-chuck is next of kin Unto the wood-peckére: I fear not thine ill-boding din, And why should I fear her?
From A Nonsense Anthology by Wells, Carolyn
