premonition
noun
a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment.
premonitions
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pluralof premonition.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He said he had no premonitions that things were about to go haywire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
For an opera steeped in raptures and reveries, in which fantasies of romantic bliss compete with premonitions of a pessimistic outcome, Sierra and Bernheim were a dream at the revival’s second performance on Sunday.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
His mostly unpublished premonitions were eerily prescient: Among others, he famously intuited the existence of the neutron from prior experiments.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 20, 2023
But his pleas fell on deaf ears, and his premonitions would come true.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2023
But his good intentions were shattered by the strength of Clara’s premonitions.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
