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Definition of Forebodings
1. foreboding [n] - See also: foreboding
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forebodings
Literary usage of Forebodings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophy of a Future State by Thomas Dick (1854)
"On the apprehensions and forebodings of the mind, when under the influence of
... The apprehensions of the mind, and its fearful forebodings of futurity, ..."
2. Forty Years of Diplomacy by Roman Romanovich Rosen (1922)
"CHAPTER XXX forebodings of a European war—Russia's ... I must state that these
sinister forebodings, from which I could not free myself, were not solely ..."
3. History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1853)
"GLOOMY forebodings OF THE FUTURE. sure; he was long afterwards accused in the
Craftsman of having made a collusive bargain with the Bank, and concerted his ..."
4. Peru by William Hickling Prescott (1900)
"... and were filled with gloomy forebodings of the result.24 Their comrades in
camp soon caught the infectious spirit of despondency, which was not lessened ..."
5. Life of George Washington by Washington Irving (1884)
"Sir Henry Clinton advances upon Charleston.— Lincoln prepares for Defense.
— Commodore Whip- pie.— Governor Rutledge. — forebodings of Washington. ..."
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