The first phase of a migraine is called the premonitory period or prodrome. From Wordnik.com. [Brain Blogger] Reference
There is a kind of premonitory apology implied in my saying this, I am aware. From Wordnik.com. [Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2] Reference
The sight of golden trees is a premonitory sign of Death. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
They rattled, a hoarse, harsh rattle premonitory of death. From Wordnik.com. [The Way of the Wind] Reference
With many premonitory grunts he said it finally, and it had. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
I felt for the first time the premonitory chill of loneliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Quiet American]
I don't recall a Christmas with this much premonitory overhang. From Wordnik.com. [Pink Slips and Soupy Rain: The Last Crummy Christmas of the Bush Era: James Wolcott] Reference
'O dear,' said Pelagia, her heart full of premonitory misgivings. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
Even going up the gangplank, his stomach gave a premonitory lurch. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
"Different spellings?" he asked, experiencing a premonitory chill. From Wordnik.com. [Centaur Aisle]
A premonitory moistening at the same time overflowed his nether lip. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference
There is still no indication of premonitory volcanic or hydrothermal activity. From Wordnik.com. [Archive of Yellowstone Updates for 2010] Reference
It behoveth thee also to speak of the premonitory symptoms of death, O best of men. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
To be sure, you may have detected premonitory symptoms, but I said nothing about that. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860] Reference
But the other day I started on a railway journey with premonitory signs of catching cold. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
We left just as the premonitory signs of the rainy season were making themselves apparent. From Wordnik.com. [A Queen's Error] Reference
Events were fast coming to a head, and his great premonitory talent warned him to remain alert. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
Sickness and I were such strangers to each other, I scarcely understood its premonitory warnings. From Wordnik.com. [Medoline Selwyn's Work] Reference
Its causes are too often buried in obscurity, and its premonitory symptoms are disregarded or unknown. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
Almost consciously, men resist the thing that they do not know, because of premonitory fears of failure. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
A premonitory symptom of homesickness seized me as I glanced round my little room in the dim, winter light. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886.] Reference
Knowing all these premonitory symptoms, the man of cleansed soul should day and night unite his soul with the. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
The menstrual function usually is not established at once, there being premonitory symptoms of a vague nature. From Wordnik.com. [Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves] Reference
Injury the most serious may occur without the premonitory warning, even without immediate subsequent suffering. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864] Reference
I am led to allude to the plan as one of the premonitory hints of that rotary method which is just now enlisting. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
Early on the night of the 26th, the long-expected and dreaded event announced itself by the premonitory symptoms. From Wordnik.com. [Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission] Reference
I shall now tell thee the premonitory indication, as laid down by the wise of those who have but one year to live. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
But Randal did not thank his good genius for giving him a premonitory tumble; -- and I never yet knew a man who did!. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
Liverpool, communicates another instance of a premonitory dream, which unfortunately did not avail to prevent the disaster. From Wordnik.com. [Real Ghost Stories] Reference
In our acceptance, it is, in quasi-existence, premonitory, or pre-natal, or pre-awakening consciousness of a real existence. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
One of the most curiously detailed premonitory dreams that I have ever seen is one mentioned in Mr. Kendall's "Strange Footsteps.". From Wordnik.com. [Real Ghost Stories] Reference
As evening approached she began to shiver, and had premonitory symptoms of clairvoyance, and went home at last, to Kitty's relief. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873] Reference
At length, soft, mournful music arose from the orchestra, and every heart stirred to the premonitory waver and lift of the curtain. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859] Reference
In a premonitory moment, Gregory filed a neglect-and-abuse charge against his father, and Rachel received custody of her oldest son. From Wordnik.com. [Irreconcilable Differences] Reference
Presently there was a hush, a sort of premonitory symptom of more mischief brewing outside, which provoked his curiosity to the utmost. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, January 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
"I hope you will be a very good little girl while you are in my house and we shall all be very good to you," Cousin Bessie began in a premonitory tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
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