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Discover LudwigThe phrase "air of foreboding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a feeling or atmosphere of impending doom or anxiety in a situation.
Example: "As the storm clouds gathered on the horizon, an air of foreboding settled over the small town."
Alternatives: "sense of unease" or "feeling of dread".
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Only when a deathly silence had fallen over the Colson Hall did he launch the opening cello line with its air of foreboding.
ON THE SCREEN -- The ad shows nothing but sun-splashed images of the United States Supreme Court building in Washington, shot from below so as to lend the narration an air of foreboding.
Last year he released "Ghost on the Canvas" (Surfdog), a farewell album with a mild air of foreboding hanging over it.
As well as the wrangles over money, there was an air of foreboding at every press conference, with Laura turning into a particularly vocal cheerleader for her man.
The air of foreboding is as thick as the ghostly Le Havre fog; something tells you soldier-boy won't be catching that boat.
That subtext has, unsurprisingly, been largely scrapped by the Mouse House's sunnier fairytale merchants, but the show's mossy, claustrophobic air of foreboding has been retained.
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