Both Uses of
premonition
in
The House of Mirth
- It was not that she had never had premonitory glimpses of such an outbreak; but rather because, here and there throughout the three months, the surface of life had shown such ominous cracks and vapours that her fears had always been on the alert for an upheaval.†
Chpt 2.2
- She had had a premonition of it in the blind motions of her mating-instinct; but they had been checked by the disintegrating influences of the life about her.†
Chpt 2.13 *
Definition:
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(premonition) a feeling, not based on reason, that something will happen -- especially something bad