is foreboding
- present progressive of forebode (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The estate of Wuthering Heights is foreboding and dark, with rocks splintering through the walls, while Linton’s Thrushcross Grange bears a Victorian aesthetic, containing the outside world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
As always, the sound is foreboding and sleek, sardonic yet soulful — music for lovers in black-leather-upholstered bullet-train compartments, racing toward ominous destinations.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
But while Christine Baranski steals the scenes, as always, and Carrie Coon is foreboding as a new money matriarch, one character in particular did stick out to me.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2022
Dear Prudence, My college graduation should be a joyous event, but for me it is foreboding.
From Slate ● May 16, 2013
While it's fine make the hay— Rain is foreboding.
From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)
