To have an inner feeling that something is about to happen: “There she comes now, I ________ she would.”
| THOUGHT | 256 |
| HAD A HUNCH | 183 |
| KNEW | 169 |
| HAD A PREMONITION | 163 |
| HAD A FEELING | 143 |
| FELT | 55 |
| HAD AN IDEA | 41 |
| SUSPECTED | 36 |
| FIGURED | 33 |
| HAD A NOTION | 30 |
| EXPECTED | 26 |
| PREMONITION | 22 |
| HAD AN INTUITION | 19 |
| HAD A GOOD NOTION | 15 |
| SUSPICIONED | 14 |
| JUST KNEW | 12 |
| NR | 12 |
| SENSED | 10 |
| HAD A GOOD IDEA | 7 |
| IMAGINED | 7 |
| INTUITION | 7 |
| WAS SURE | 7 |
| FELT LIKE | 6 |
| HAD A IDEA | 6 |
| HAD A SUSPICION | 6 |
| HOPED | 5 |
| JUST FELT | 5 |
| SURMISED | 5 |
| BET | 4 |
| FELT IT IN MY BONES | 4 |
| FELT SURE | 4 |
| HAD A INKLING | 4 |
| HAD A PRESENTIMENT | 4 |
| HAD PREMONITION | 4 |
| PREDICTED | 4 |
| FEARED | 3 |
| HAD AN INKLING | 3 |
| JUST HAD A FEELING | 3 |
| KNOW | 3 |
| KNOWED | 3 |
| SOMETHING TOLD ME | 3 |
| FEEL IT IN MY BONES | 2 |
| FEELING | 2 |
| FELT IN MY BONES | 2 |
| FIGGERED | 2 |
| GUESSED | 2 |
| HAD A FOREBODING | 2 |
| HAD AN IMAGINATION | 2 |
| HAD AN INSTINCT | 2 |
| INKLING | 2 |
| WISH SHE WOULDN’T | 2 |
| “TALK ABOUT THE DEVIL, SHE ALWAYS APPEARS” | 1 |
| ALLOWED | 1 |
| AM NOT SURPRISED | 1 |
| ANSWER TO MY DREAM | 1 |
| ANTICIPATED | 1 |
| BEEN A-THINKING | 1 |
| BEEN EXPECTING | 1 |
| BELIEVED | 1 |
| CHARLEY TOLD ME | 1 |
| COULD FEEL | 1 |
| COULD FEEL IT IN MY BONES | 1 |
| COULD TELL | 1 |
| DIVINED | 1 |
| EXPECT | 1 |
| FEELING IN MY BONES | 1 |
| FELT THAT | 1 |
| FELT WORRIED | 1 |
| FELTED | 1 |
| FORESAW | 1 |
| GOOSE PIMPLES | 1 |
| GOT A HUNCH | 1 |
| HAD A BUTTERFLY | 1 |
| HAD A GOOD MIND | 1 |
| HAD A KIND OF A FEELING | 1 |
| HAD A KNOWING | 1 |
| HAD A MIND | 1 |
| HAD A MOTHER’S INTUITION | 1 |
| HAD A PREDOMINATION | 1 |
| HAD A PREMONITIERY | 1 |
| HAD A PRENOMINATION (OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT) | 1 |
| HAD A PRESENTATION | 1 |
| HAD A PRESENTMENT | 1 |
| HAD A SNEAKING IDEA | 1 |
| HAD A SNEAKING SUSPICION | 1 |
| HAD A SNEAKY FEELING | 1 |
| HAD A SNEAKY IDEA | 1 |
| HAD A STINKING FEELING | 1 |
| HAD A STINKING HUNCH | 1 |
| HAD A WARNING | 1 |
| HAD AN APPREHENSION | 1 |
| HAD AN INNER FEELING | 1 |
| HAD E.S.P. | 1 |
| HAD FEEL IT | 1 |
| HAD NO DOUBT BUT THAT | 1 |
| HAD SECOND FEELINGS | 1 |
| HANKERING | 1 |
| HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR HER | 1 |
| INTIMATION | 1 |
| JUST FELT IT COMING | 1 |
| JUST FELT LIKE | 1 |
| JUST FIGURED | 1 |
| JUST KNEW THAT | 1 |
| JUST KNOW IT | 1 |
| KNEW IT WAS COMING | 1 |
| KNEW IT’S JUST LIKE HER | 1 |
| KNEW MOST | 1 |
| MISTRUSTED | 1 |
| PRESENTED | 1 |
| PRESUMED | 1 |
| PROMOTION | 1 |
| RECKONED | 1 |
| SPEAK OF THE DEVIL AND HE APPEARS | 1 |
| TALK ABOUT THE ANGELS AND THE DEVIL WILL APPEAR | 1 |
| THOUGHT ALL ALONG | 1 |
| THOUGHT THAT | 1 |
| TOLD YOU | 1 |
| TOLD YOU SO | 1 |
| TRUSTED | 1 |
| WAS AFRAID | 1 |
| WAS CERTAIN | 1 |
| WAS THINKING | 1 |
| WIND TOLD ME | 1 |
| WISHED | 1 |
| YOU MIGHT KNOW IT | 1 |
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