forebode
verb (used with object)
to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend.
had foreboded
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past perfectof forebode.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The scene before me was the unpleasing reverse of all that my fancy, while coming hither, had foreboded.
From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Charles Brockden Brown
And so the victim of imagination was delivered from the storm of persecution which he had foreboded would be renewed on the succeeding day.
From Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) by Thomas Cooper
The other met it on her way to the place in the woods where the children usually played, and found it as empty as her friend had foreboded.
From Dr. Breen's Practice by William Dean Howells
At every thunder-storm, as the old Sand-Spirit had foreboded, the wife of Wassamo disappeared, much to the astonishment of her Indian company, and, to their greater wonder, she was never idle, night nor day.
From The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends by Cornelius Mathews
Many of the men, too, had foreboded the misfortune; and the previous night, while lying in the church of St. Pecaque, had been disturbed by frequent groanings which kept them from sleeping.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury
