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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TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
Later iterations of Gabrielle and Louis will encounter each other in 2014 in Los Angeles and then in 2044 in a dystopian Paris, each time drawn to one another even if grim forebodings suggest their courtship will never last.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
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Noun
Did anything stand out to you in those last messages, some foreboding, some hint of what was to come?
Probably not.
—TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
Later iterations of Gabrielle and Louis will encounter each other in 2014 in Los Angeles and then in 2044 in a dystopian Paris, each time drawn to one another even if grim forebodings suggest their courtship will never last.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Foreboding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreboding. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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