Example Sentences

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The difficulty with you is that you will foresee all your troubles beforehand, and try to bolt them in a lump, instead of swallowing them one by one as they come.

From Father Payne by Benson, Arthur Christopher

A man of cultivated parts will foresee the possibility of the retort courteous, where an ignorant man will enjoy the fearless bliss of ignorance.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Edgeworth, Maria

But if the worst is to come, you with your instincts will foresee it, and I must be told.

From Saxe Holm's Stories by Jackson, Helen Hunt

Even before the 'plane responds to some sudden gust of wind, or drops into a hole in the air, the trained aviator will foresee precisely what is about to happen.

From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

You, who are a minister, will see all this in still another light, will fear our defeat, and will foresee the train of consequences.-Why,

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter