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Part of Speech: Noun
Results: 3
1. Foreshowing; presaging;
ominous.
Part of Speech: imperfect, past participle
Part of Speech: noun
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It was not so much that the incidents themselves were of a dreadful type, but I was overshadowed by a deep boding, a dull ache of the mind, which charged everything that I saw with a sense of fortuitous dismay. - "The Silent Isle", Arthur Christopher Benson.
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Cupid sneezing in his flight, Once was heard upon the right, Boding woe to lovers true; But now upon the left he flew, And with sporting sneeze divine, Gave to joy the sacred sign. - "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)", Isaac D'Israeli.
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Dummie, withdrawing the pipe from his mouth, heaved a sympathizing puff, but remained silent; and Mrs. Lobkins, turning to Paul, who stood with mouth open and ears erect at this boding ejaculation, said,- " Dost think, Paul, they'd have the heart to hang thee?" - "Paul Clifford, Volume 1.", Edward Bulwer-Lytton.