Foreboding is an English word with synonyms like fateful or prognostic. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Foreboding meaning
- A sense of evil to come.
- An evil omen.
Synonyms of Foreboding
Using Foreboding
- The main meaning on this page is: A sense of evil to come. | An evil omen.
- Useful related words include: fateful, prognostic, presage, portent.
- In the example corpus, foreboding often appears in combinations such as: and foreboding, of foreboding, the foreboding.
Context around Foreboding
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foreboding
- In this selection, "foreboding" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ominous, balance, horrifically, feeling, black and yet stand out and add context to how "foreboding" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a foreboding black cloud and a haunting foreboding warning of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foreboding" sits close to words such as aadmi, aang and ably, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foreboding
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is ominous and foreboding. (5 words)
The mood is foreboding and most definitely Radiohead-esque. (9 words)
That line has lost none of its mystery, its austerity, its elegant foreboding. (13 words)
As thought-provoking as it is frightening, there’s an importance to “nature morte” that cannot be stated in plain terms: it’s a journey into foreboding yet beautiful realms, and no matter what you take away from the album, you won’t return the same. (46 words)
Few films have captured the cold, detached, cynical hopelessness of millennial culture as well as this timeless gem that works as both a portrait of a specific time and place and a haunting, foreboding warning of what was to come. (40 words)
People in the region worry that a disaster on that scale could occur again in our lifetime, a knowledge that imbues the AI-generated scenes of potential future events yet to unfold with a sense of foreboding. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
A foreboding black cloud rose up from the accident site as officials performed a controlled burn.
As thought-provoking as it is frightening, there’s an importance to “nature morte” that cannot be stated in plain terms: it’s a journey into foreboding yet beautiful realms, and no matter what you take away from the album, you won’t return the same.
Both films create an ominous foreboding feeling by giving us a glimpse of what's to come for our heroes.
He knows there are storm clouds all around right now – but it’s a foreboding feeling he’s had from the first second he stepped back into Parkhead.
It is ominous and foreboding.
It seems to balance foreboding feelings of dread with jump scares in a seamless fashion.
People in the region worry that a disaster on that scale could occur again in our lifetime, a knowledge that imbues the AI-generated scenes of potential future events yet to unfold with a sense of foreboding.
Some Bokoblins and Lynels are covered in stone armor, providing players with an even more foreboding task.
So no, you lean into it as the horrifically foreboding event that it is.
Step into 1925 Boston as the eponymous self-proclaimed detective to experience the deep mauve haze, sinister spires, foreboding footpaths, and unnerving reverberations of Limbo.
That line has lost none of its mystery, its austerity, its elegant foreboding.
The festival marked the end of the bright half of the year and the beginning of the dark, foreboding half.
The mood is foreboding and most definitely Radiohead-esque.
The sci-fi series filters this foreboding idea through Stephen King's unique supernatural tricks and twists.
This also amplifies Tendo's psyche and the sense of foreboding that's right around the corner.
When strolling through the foreboding forest at night, Curdie sings the song, “Spark Inside Us,” which probably still haunts you to this day if you heard it as a kid.
Ahead of his latest adventure, Savadia was passionate about planting Jamaica’s name at the base of Mount Everest, despite being aware of the foreboding trip that was fraught with danger.
And even if you do feel comfortable, there’s the foreboding sense that your own kids will never be able to climb as high as you did, let alone higher.
But Trump has also been careful to not explicitly threaten or make foreboding warnings against Merchan to stave off prison.
Few films have captured the cold, detached, cynical hopelessness of millennial culture as well as this timeless gem that works as both a portrait of a specific time and place and a haunting, foreboding warning of what was to come.
Common combinations with foreboding
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and foreboding 10×
- of foreboding 6×
- the foreboding 6×
- foreboding and 5×
- dark foreboding 4×
- ominous foreboding 3×
- foreboding feeling 2×
- it foreboding 2×
- more foreboding 2×
- foreboding sense 2×