boding
Americannoun
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of boding
before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English bodunge announcement ( bode 1, -ing 1 ); (adj.) bode 1 + -ing 2
Example Sentences
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Boding well: Turnout for “Rocketman” was gender balanced — almost evenly — and ticket buyers gave the film an A-minus grade in CinemaScore exit polls.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2019
Boding well for Reed is that all of them own green jackets.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 8, 2018
Boding well for Warner is an unconventional arrangement for Christopher Nolan’s coming “Interstellar.”
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2014
Boding, yet self-deceived, he joined that feast: Thereat he saw scant sign of penitence: Ere long he bade farewell.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
Boding gloom, full-orbed, could be had for that.
From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)
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