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Keep "presentiment" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "presentiment" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
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10 total sentences available.
"And now comes the strangest part of the affair. What do you suppose was above the murdered man?" I felt a creeping of the flesh, and a presentiment of coming horror, even before Sherlock Holmes answered. "The word RACHE, written in letters of blood," he said.
Source: tatoeba (6310125)
I have a presentiment that you are going to propose, Ned. I do wish you wouldn't; for things are so much nicer as they are.
Source: tatoeba (6622214)
I had a presentiment that you would come this evening.
Source: tatoeba (6976449)
A man, my good Sir, has seldom an offer of kindness to make to a woman, but she has a presentiment of it some moments before.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.
Closest matches include foreboding, premonition, actuarial prediction, advance notice, affect.
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