ill-boding
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ill-boding
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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They came to the Rio Merarwi and here, stars ill-boding, three of their canoes capsized, dumping out five months' provender and sending the party speedily homewards.
From Time Magazine Archive
With those ill-boding words the third day closed since Pippin came to Minas Tirith.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
"Didn't you catch wot I said to you just now, my lad?" he inquired with ill-boding politeness.
From Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers by Various
She was, besides, a paramour to the Red Rapparee, and he attributed much of her dark and ill-boding prophecy to a hostile and malignant spirit.
From Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
To these ill-boding events, moreover, the loss of Minorca was now added, until England at last refused to endure longer the incapacity of Newcastle, and clamoured for the appointment of Pitt.
From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon
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