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
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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
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Nay, but the deed is well; link not thy lips To speech ill-starred, nor vent ill-boding words— Who hast to Argos her full freedom given, Lopping two serpents' heads with timely blow.
From The House of Atreus by Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson)
With supple hams and an ill-boding look, I vowed to do it.
From The Noble Spanish Soldier by Dekker, Thomas
And thus, croaking like the ravens when they anticipate pestilence, the ill-boding sibyls withdrew from the churchyard.
From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir