Literary notes about Premonition (AI summary)
In literature, the term "premonition" is often used to imbue scenes with an air of inevitable fate or looming disaster, acting as a subtle signal of impending events. It may manifest as a fleeting inner warning—sometimes barely perceptible, yet laden with significance—that hints at personal loss or broader catastrophe [1], [2], [3]. At other times, it takes on a more dramatic role, shaping narratives by foreshadowing pivotal moments such as danger or misfortune, as when a character senses an inescapable doom or the approach of a life-altering event [4], [5]. This layered use of premonition enriches character psychology and deepens the tension within the narrative, sometimes even guiding decisions and casting an enduring shadow of fate over the story's progression [6], [7].
- A quick glance at her face confirmed his premonition of an uncomfortable half-hour.
— from The Net by Rex Beach - She had the premonition that if she got too close to somebody, she was destined to lose them.
— from Syndrome by Thomas Hoover - Just for a moment I had a premonition of approaching evil.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - The worst thing that can happen to a man at the Front is for him to get the premonition that he is going to be killed.
— from The Test of Scarlet: A Romance of Reality by Coningsby Dawson - It was as if he had a premonition that something in the nature of a great surprise was coming.
— from The Boy Scouts for Home Protection by Robert Shaler - A premonition told me something was wrong and that we were in danger.
— from Polly the Pagan: Her Lost Love Letters by Isabel Anderson - That feeling, indeed, almost illustrates the depression that settled over his nature at intervals, and seemed a premonition of some awful future.
— from McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 by Various
