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
The eyes of the brothers met in a long, ill-boding glance.
From Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth
So they saw the kidnapping from Medinet-el-Fayûm and the awful journey on camel-back across the desert—and Khartûm and Omdurmân, resembling hell on earth, and the ill-boding Mahdi.
From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The only answer that he received for some time was a loud and ill-boding murmur.
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
