forebode
verb (used with object)
to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend.
had been foreboding
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past perfect progressiveof forebode.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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"An altar!" said Marise, stupidly, utterly disconcerted by the word, so totally other than what her fears had been foreboding.
From The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
