fore·bod·ing
(ˌ)fȯr-ˈbō-diŋ 
: indicative of or marked by foreboding
forebodingness
noun
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Examples of foreboding in a Sentence
Noun
She was filled with a sense of foreboding.
It seems that her forebodings were justified.
Adjective
foreboding clouds began to gather
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
Beginning in the 1990s, a revolution of personal, materialistic aspirations—an extension of the one that Alexis de Tocqueville had witnessed with much foreboding in the United States in the 1830s—swept the world.
—Pankaj Mishra, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Gene Taylor, a former public official in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, when Hurricane Katrina made landfall there in 2005, offered another foreboding tip to people considering riding out a potentially deadly storm surge.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Equities near their all-time highs are doing nothing to ease BTIG’s sense of short-term foreboding.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
Beginning in the 1990s, a revolution of personal, materialistic aspirations—an extension of the one that Alexis de Tocqueville had witnessed with much foreboding in the United States in the 1830s—swept the world.
—Pankaj Mishra, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
Adjective
Improbable poses, struck by working behind the scenes with contortionists, only heighten the palpable tension extended through an unusual use of taxidermy and foreboding landscapes that beg for a moment of release.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Gene Taylor, a former public official in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, when Hurricane Katrina made landfall there in 2005, offered another foreboding tip to people considering riding out a potentially deadly storm surge.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Foreboding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreboding. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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