misgive

“Let us find Fleming and the baskets first,” I answered; for my mind began to misgive me about finding him as easily as we had expected.

From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by William Henry Giles Kingston

Love is a matter of give and take—marriage, a matter of misgive and mistake.

From A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl by Helen Rowland

I did tell Berry he'd better stay an' du what Marse Sykes wanted him ter, 'stead of comin' tu der meetin', an' my mind misgive me all day kase he didn't.

From Bricks Without Straw by Albion Winegar Tourgée

Dreadfully did my heart then misgive me: I was ready to faint.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 by Samuel Richardson

But nevertheless his heart did not misgive him.

From Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope

My heart misgave; a sudden fear struck me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Her heart misgave her; he was her foster-child—dear to her as her own.

From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Louisa Morgan

He said he'd come again—he went—and my heart misgave me.

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Her mind misgave her lest Theodore, who, as she knew, detested Owen Rivers, should strongly set his face against receiving him; and she wrote her letter to her stepson in considerable trepidation.

From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Frances Eleanor Trollope

Every step was painful to him, and as he crept feebly on, Elizabeth's heart misgave her; would he have the strength to climb?

From The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas by Mrs. Herbert Strang

London had always sounded bleak and distant and terrible to her; and her heart had misgiven her at the idea of leaving her aunt.

From He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope

And yet it would have misgiven him more had he allowed himself to be entrapped by Miss Dawkins.

From An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids by Anthony Trollope

Laura dear, my heart has misgiven me from the first.

From Blind Policy by George Manville Fenn

His heart had often misgiven him when he had thought of Caroline.

From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

Had the heart of the great theorist, sailing obstinately straight west in obedience to the call of the land whose presence there he had reasoned out, misgiven him at last?

From The Ifs of History by Joseph Edgar Chamberlin

But I had no such misgiving at the Ahmanson, whether because of some slight editing or perhaps just a smoother handling of the setup moments.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025

Despite their misgiving, both Lancaster and Wilson publicly urged their colleagues to ratify the tentative agreement, saying that rejecting it wouldn’t lead to better outcomes.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

And it was my primary misgiving about the entire project, right?

From Salon ● May 29, 2022

“This is exactly what they wanted, which is my biggest misgiving about leaving,” Ms. Levin said.

From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2017

“I should like to be,” said I, glancing at the slate as he held it; with a misgiving that the writing was rather hilly.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens