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
The only answer that he received for some time was a loud and ill-boding murmur.
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
The solitude of the night was interrupted only by the howl of the wolf, the melancholy moan of the ill-boding owl or the shriek of the frightful panther.
From Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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