PRESENTIMENT in a Sentence
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28 example sentences for PRESENTIMENT, such as:
1. I had a sort of presentiment of it.
2. I have a presentiment that it must be a girl.
3. Anna Pavlovna's presentiment was in fact fulfilled.
4. She had felt an early presentiment that she should like the eldest best.
5. 'I tell you I have a presentiment that it must be a girl,' returned Miss Betsey.
2. I have a presentiment that it must be a girl.
3. Anna Pavlovna's presentiment was in fact fulfilled.
4. She had felt an early presentiment that she should like the eldest best.
5. 'I tell you I have a presentiment that it must be a girl,' returned Miss Betsey.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PRESENTIMENT
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presentiment
n. sense that something is about to occur; anticipatory fear; premonition
Classic Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1 Even before reaching Plushkin's village he had had a presentiment that he would do successful business there, but not business of such pre-eminent profitableness as had actually resulted.
2 I had a sort of presentiment of it.
3 Yes, it was the same flesh, the same chair a canon, the sight of which had even then filled him with horror, as by a presentiment.
4 I was never pleased at Bolkonski's engagement to Natasha," said the countess, "but I always wanted Nicholas to marry the princess, and had a presentiment that it would happen.
5 Anna Pavlovna's presentiment was in fact fulfilled.
6 Anna Pavlovna's presentiment was justified, and all that morning a joyously festive mood reigned in the city.
7 Formerly I very much wanted Nicholas to marry her, but I always had a sort of presentiment that it would not come off.
8 For I had a presentiment that I should never be there again, and I felt that the dying light was suited to my last view of it.
9 I have a presentiment that it must be a girl.
10 'I tell you I have a presentiment that it must be a girl,' returned Miss Betsey.
11 Mr. Micawber evidently had his presentiment on the subject too, but he put it in his tin pot and swallowed it.
12 Her presentiment that all would again go on in the old way had not deceived her.
13 I felt a creeping of the flesh, and a presentiment of coming horror, even before Sherlock Holmes answered.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
14 She had felt an early presentiment that she should like the eldest best.
15 As the other two were impressed with a similar presentiment; and as their blood, like his, had all gone down again; some speculation ensued upon the cause of this sudden change in their temperament.
Example Sentence:
1 Saying goodbye at the airport, Jack had a sudden presentiment that this was the last time he would see Jill.