The twilight was fading rapidly; clouds that had crept up from the east filled the sky, and Presaged a dark and probably a stormy night.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
So the impending outrage-for all present felt that these notes Presaged an outrage-was treated lightly enough, and the question, serious though it was felt to be, might well have given place to topics less exciting, when a buzz of conversation arose at the lower end of the table.
"The Sins of Séverac Bablon"
Sax Rohmer
But the ridicule died away, and now, in the Presaged nature of events, his comrades, all governed by the physical life of the soldier, took him for a man.
"The Desert of Wheat"
Zane Grey