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noun

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verb

variants also forboding
present participle of forebode

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of foreboding
Adjective
The lack of demand has further applied downward pressure on freight rates—a foreboding sign for trucking companies. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 22 Apr. 2025 And then, as if Canadians needed more reminders, his closing statement was blunt, foreboding and all about the American threat. Paula Newton, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
Its reappearance on the American scene in the twenty-first century should be taken as a foreboding. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Feb. 2025 The movie’s very first shot, beautiful yet full of foreboding, finds her swimming in the Atlantic, her peace momentarily disturbed by the roar of a military helicopter overhead. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreboding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreboding
Adjective
  • If the sky turns ominous and thunder can be heard, find a secure place for shelter.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
  • Punched in the face That could explain the chain saw-wielding, the jumping up and down onstage, the manic baby-making and crusading for more spreading of sperm by smart people and the ominous Nazi-style salutes.
    Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Another Buffy option, this comforter is known for its top-tier temperature regulation and plush-to-the-touch feel.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 28 May 2025
  • Google is taking a big step toward making your smart home feel, well, smart, by baking in Gemini AI into the Home APIs that developers use to build their own apps and devices.
    Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Thus, the negative GDP change should not be taken as a portent of looming disaster.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
  • Unbeknown to player and club, the transfer carried portents of the sombre fate that awaited him.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2025
  • Does the thought of snakes gliding through the air at frightening speeds fill you with dread?
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Verb
  • As one manifestation of Carter’s commitment, his administration began to oppose loans from international financial institutions to rights-abusing governments, promising to provide financial support only after these countries demonstrated concrete improvements on human rights.
    Michael Posner, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Was Knies’ promising rookie season not necessarily a sign of things to come?
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • By the end of the season, President George W. Bush arrives at the family’s doorstep, masquerading as Rumi’s friend while barely concealing his sinister intentions.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 2 June 2025
  • Idyllic getaways unravel into haunting mysteries, exposing the sinister secrets lurking beneath sunlit shores, mountain retreats and bustling boardwalks; Jessica Biel narrates.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • Humanity, in the novel, has lived under the recurrent threat of catastrophically destructive memes—dark, self-fulfilling premonitions of scarcity, zero-sum competition, fear, mistrust, inegalitarianism.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
  • However, none of the news items ever truly feels like a premonition, given their swift and uninvolving appearance, verging on ironic in intent.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • Military training was also a non-starter, since the U.S. Army Air Service (a forerunner to the Air Force) did not accept women.
    Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
  • It has been said that Nomad was the forerunner of all modern station wagons.
    David Krumboltz, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025

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“Foreboding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreboding. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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