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Recent Examples of premonition Wagner commented that in opera the orchestra should act as a medium of premonition, indicating what is foreordained but not yet foreseen. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for premonition
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Noun
  • Plants a few miles away and has filled the apartment with enormous trees in ceramic pots, giving the rooms a bohemian feel.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Designed to give a modern feel to your entertainment setup, this TV stand is made from solid pine and comes in two different wood finishes.
    Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Toni has been reluctant to let Amalie go out by herself—her bringing back a telescope seems to confirm some kind of fear, or presentiment.
    Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
  • His presentiments had been right, but all those garlic pills and pulse recordings had done nothing to save him.
    Gillian Silverman, The New Yorker, 15 July 2023
Noun
  • Hayes said he’s had to take a leave of absence from his job over the fear of what might happen to his family.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The rare encounter highlights accelerating efforts by two longtime regional rivals to stabilize relations amid mounting fears of broader conflict, especially with tensions flaring across Gaza, Syria, and the Red Sea, as Washington's pressure grows on Iran's proxy in the Middle East.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • His artworks, which include paintings, sculptures, mixed-media assemblages, mosaics, photographs, and film, are full of mood and foreboding.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Even the objective comedy of this storyline is framed with foreboding, like the water gun fight.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Panicked at the thought of Kamilla, his closest (and secret) ally leaving the game, Kyle desperately tried to convince others to vote for Chrissy instead, raising David's eyebrows and planting suspicion of an undercover alliance.
    Emily DeLetter, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Unlike Revere, who was known as a fierce revolutionary, Dawes might be able to bypass the checkpoint without raising suspicion.
    Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Not Enough People Are Watching ‘NYT Mini’ Clues And Answers For Saturday, April 26 New Google Leak Reveals Subscription Changes For Gemini AI There is no shortage of worries for European auto manufacturers.
    Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • These worries lead people to make a series of decisions to delay having children, with hopes of having them in the future.
    Lisa Hagen, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The result is chaos, bewilderment and delay that presages rising consumer prices.
    Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • There’s a kind of implicit prayer in this that the withering of today’s Hollywood system is a presage for something better, giving the entire production a painful, nostalgic quality that tugs at your chest even as what unfolds before you is remarkably dumb.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025

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“Premonition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premonition. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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