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Definition of "foreboded" [foreboded]

  • Simple past tense and past participle of forebode. (verb)

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Use "foreboded" in a sentence
  • "The speeches of Oliver Cromwell have a formidable reputation for prolixity, confusion, and excessive tediousness; yet we have not, for our own part, found these volumes to be of the dry and scarce readable description which their title foreboded; and we would caution others not to be deterred by any fears of this nature from their perusal."
  • "The murder scene in question involves a roadside massacre that's foreboded with each flashback scene during the questioning of the three witnesses."
  • "It would go hard with them, Billy foreboded gloomily."
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