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  • noun Plural form of presentiment.

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Examples

  • But probably what I call presentiments are simply the impress on the mind of the warnings which these false-hearted Arabs have repeated so often.

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

  • It is foolish to dwell too much on the idea of presentiments, but I certainly had a feeling that the time of our reunion had never been so indefinite or so distant as then.

    Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Clement King Shorter 1891

  • 'If there is ever any meaning in those heavy feelings which are called presentiments -- and I don't believe there is -- there will be in mine to-day ....

    Desperate Remedies Thomas Hardy 1884

  • I wasn't much terrified by your growing inclinations, but when you begin to call presentiments to your aid, I confess that I "weaken."

    Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 1 (1835-1866) Mark Twain 1872

  • I wasn't much terrified by your growing inclinations, but when you begin to call presentiments to your aid, I confess that I "weaken."

    Complete Letters of Mark Twain Mark Twain 1872

  • I am no believer in those freaks of fancy called "presentiments," but I certainly felt that there was something unpleasant, perhaps painful, in the private relations of the family.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Various

  • We have "presentiments" that people we love, who are climbing mountains, who are fond of ballooning, are in danger.

    The Angel and the Author, and others 1893

  • For I scarcely think my 'presentiments' would have troubled me much except for the being alone and missing granny so.

    My New Home Mrs. Molesworth 1880

  • I know not how it is, Margaret, or why -- I should attach so much importance to the thing, but if ever those glimpses of the future, called presentiments, had foundation in truth, that young Indian is destined to exercise some sort of influence over my fate. "

    Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago. a tale of Indian warfare John Richardson 1824

  • For if a zombie-themed film were to be written, produced and entirely filmed in and around the west of Scotland, we could imbue it with all sorts of political and sociological undercurrents and presentiments.

    When Glasgow's undead rise up | Kevin McKenna 2011

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