All 8 Uses of
presentiment
in
War and Peace
- Tomorrow perhaps, even certainly, I have a presentiment that for the first time I shall have to show all I can do.†
Chpt 3 *
- Her presentiment at the time had not deceived her—that that state of freedom and readiness for any enjoyment would not return again.†
Chpt 9
- 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.†
Chpt 10
- "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.†
Chpt 11
- I have a favorable presentiment!†
Chpt 12
- Anna Pavlovna's presentiment was in fact fulfilled.†
Chpt 12
- Anna Pavlovna's presentiment was justified, and all that morning a joyously festive mood reigned in the city.†
Chpt 12
- Formerly I very much wanted Nicholas to marry her, but I always had a sort of presentiment that it would not come off.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(presentiment) a premonition (a supernatural feeling about what is to come) -- especially of something evil or bad