presentiment

Example Sentences

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It’s the type of hazards and presentiment that feel inherent to womanhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024

She opens the bag and it's full of money - another presentiment.

From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2010

Or maybe Mami had a presentiment of what was to come.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 15, 2010

Maybe it was a presentiment, maybe it was the sort of destiny that Yiddish calls “goyrl.”

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2010

Although surprised, Govinda was compelled by a great love and presentiment to obey him; he leaned close to him and touched his forehead with his lips.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse