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. Her presentiment that all would again go on in the old way had not deceived her.

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 Meanings and Examples of PRESENTIMENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
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.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
2  I had a sort of presentiment of it.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
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.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXXVII
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.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XII
5  Anna Pavlovna's presentiment was in fact fulfilled.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER II
6  Anna Pavlovna's presentiment was justified, and all that morning a joyously festive mood reigned in the city.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER II
7  Formerly I very much wanted Nicholas to marry her, but I always had a sort of presentiment that it would not come off.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER VIII
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.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLIX
9  I have a presentiment that it must be a girl.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
10  'I tell you I have a presentiment that it must be a girl,' returned Miss Betsey.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
11  Mr. Micawber evidently had his presentiment on the subject too, but he put it in his tin pot and swallowed it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 57. THE EMIGRANTS
12  Her presentiment that all would again go on in the old way had not deceived her.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 22
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
14  She had felt an early presentiment that she should like the eldest best.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
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.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
Example Sentence:
1  Saying goodbye at the airport, Jack had a sudden presentiment that this was the last time he would see Jill.