misgive

"We may both have need for the exercise ere we depart hence, or my thoughts misgive me," replied Mortimer.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby

"Lassie, lassie! it's no for me to condemn ye, nor maybe for the dead either, for he was whiles a hard father to you, but I wonder your own woman's heart didn't misgive ye."

From What Necessity Knows by Lily Dougall

It was probably an unspoken sense of this fact which caused the early Tuscan poets to misgive their own powers and to turn wistfully and shyly towards the poets of Provence and of Sicily.

From Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II by Vernon Lee

"Lady Maude advised me in it, and I cannot say I repent it now, though my heart does misgive ever and again," he replied.

From Heiress of Haddon by William E. Doubleday

There was something in this reply, and the tone in which it was uttered, that made the baron's heart misgive him; but he rallied his forces and repeated his hospitable entreaties.

From Humorous Ghost Stories by Dorothy Scarborough

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

His soul misgave him when he saw the king Kissing Sir Hagen, with exulting mien.

From Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century by Joseph Victor von Scheffel

“Only heat-drops,” said Geoffrey, but his mind misgave him.

From Greene Ferne Farm by Richard Jefferies

It was not alone on the score of an unpleasant moment with the donor that his mind misgave him.

From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Bertram Mitford

When this man came my mind misgave, for I saw the stamp of uncharity in his face.

From The Deemster by Sir Hall Caine

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

His mind had misgiven him all the while that things were not right with Lenz, but he had reasoned away his fears and been merry with his godson.

From Edelweiss A Story by Berthold Auerbach

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

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

From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

Perhaps, for all he knew, it had misgiven her often, but she did not say so now.

From What Necessity Knows by Lily Dougall

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

The man, identified as Juror 20, was seated on the jury despite one misgiving: He was supposed to get married on May 1 in Florida, when deliberations could still be taking place.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2021

A helicopter pilot worries whether his chopper is up to the chore of rescuing downed pilots; "beneath the bravado, he had misgiving about the primitive machine he was tasked to fly."

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2015

But even as she said the words, a thread of misgiving wrapped around her rib cage and squeezed tight.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi