Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: misgivings
IPA transcription: [mɪsɡ'ɪvɪŋz]
Pronunciations of misgivings
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Usage examples
  • The servant looked at her with vague misgivings.
  • "She made such a show of it, that, to tell you the truth, it was the origin of my misgivings."
  • Yet Theo had some faint misgivings during the day as to whether Miss Priscilla Gower would like her or not.
  • An accent of the fortuitous distinguished this second encounter too persuasively to excuse further misgivings.
  • Upon this chain of reasoning, and without any weak misgivings, they charged my growing escutcheon with a black raven on a ground of red.
  • Meanwhile his misgivings in regard to Mousqueton recurred to his mind and with greater force because Mousqueton, though he did not himself wait on the table, which would have been beneath him in his new position, appeared at the door from time to time and evinced his gratitude to D'Artagnan by the quality of the wine he directed to be served.
  • As he drew near, I remembered with many misgivings the inauspicious termination of our former interview, and when he entered the house, I watched with intense anxiety the reception he met with from its inmates. To my joy, his appearance was hailed with the liveliest pleasure; and accosting me kindly, he seated himself by my side, and entered into conversation with the natives around him.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Miracle on 34th Street, License CC BY-SA 4.0