How To Use Misgiving In A Sentence

But, whatever harm Macscruby thinks our flag might do to his beef jerky, McDonald's had no misgivings on its effect on the Big Mac.
It is certain that Byron had begun the fourth canto, and written some thirty or more stanzas, before Hobhouse rejoined him at his villa of La Mira on the banks of the Brenta, in July, 1817; and it would seem that, although he had begun by saying "that he was too short a time in Rome for it," he speedily overcame his misgivings, and accomplished, as he believed, the last "fytte" of his pilgrimage. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2
But despite all these misgivings, I must confess I fell for the movie hook, line and sinker.
It meant giving up the chance of going on to university, but after initial misgivings his father gave his support. Times, Sunday Times
Nevertheless a carefully designed receptionist role that would take these misgivings into account, may be worth discussing.

They may cite religion or culture, but the roots of their misgivings go even deeper.
As the old patterns die in their minds and the new ones begin to take shape, people are assailed by self-doubt and misgivings about their leaders.
He watched with the direst of misgivings as Cleo began slapping a path for herself through the wilderness ahead.
They are open to misunderstandings, misinterpretations, misgivings and mistakes.
A great part of the student misgivings may stem from a difference between people's preconceptions of what co-op is like and what they actually experience.
Maybe I'm just getting old… and despite my misgivings you will notice I have been watching!
Poets have warned about the ‘waste land’ and artists have painted their deep misgivings on numberless canvases.
Innovation and expansion have continued apace as manufacturers have no misgivings about the long-term future for clay roofing tiles.
And in these besotted circumstances, I could hardly have been expected to guess mendacity from a few moments of misgiving. THE CALLIGRAPHER
The return to the ship involves a _bloto_ across the bay, with many misgivings as to the seaworthy capacities of the clumsy craft, but four bamboo safety-poles, fastened by forked sticks to the sides of the hollowed log, suffice to steady it enough to avoid capsizal. Through the Malay Archipelago
And, despite our initial misgivings, it was quite an enjoyable experience. Times, Sunday Times
The Labour Party will soon learn the value of these polite demonstrations that it is always its duty not to hamper the governing classes in their very difficult and delicate and dangerous task of safeguarding the interests of this great empire: in short, to let itself be gammoned by elegant phrases and by adroit practisings on its personal good-nature, its inveterate proletarian sentimentality, and its secret misgivings as to the correctness of its manners. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index
The impressions his mind had received while passing the churchyard, now returned upon him with added gloom; a kind of misgiving came over him; and a thousand boding thoughts haunted him like spirits, and hanging, as it were, on his heart, dragged it down farther and farther at every step. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 331, September 13, 1828
And the current president of the United States, whom it might not be altogether inaccurate to describe as the Galahad of the SNL and Stewart generations, has made exactly one speech about Muslim garb — defining the wearing of the hijab as a human right and indirectly attacking those French secularists who have their misgivings about it. Cheap Laughs
I read with some kind of misgiving a statement at the CRTC hearing which says "lack of determination, vigour and purpose in addressing the objectives of Parliament". The National Broadcasting Dream
But the elder Kristol's misgivings were buried beneath the nachas — that is, a Jewish parent's pride in his children. The Return of the Neocons
Despite the misgivings of experts, global demand for the U.S. dollar remains strong.
No, the generals will not issue an order because of the misgivings of one colonel.
The Committee was not without its own misgivings about non-cohabitation as a prerequisite for prosecution for marital rape.
The local people still harboured considerable misgivings over the flood of workers into their village.
For all their cheerful harmony, his pictures were painted in solitude, with perplexity and misgiving until he saw them in their completed form.
To judge by the annual meeting vote yesterday, there are misgivings over pay. Times, Sunday Times
Only after retirement or moves to other jobs do they become willing to express their misgivings.
Such proceedings are confidential and, in response to misgivings, the process has been defended both as historically very successful and as a triumph of pragmatism over principle.
He had considerable misgivings at the prospect of moving jobs.
As the trip progressed, many in the group confessed they had travelled to China with misgivings.
Despite her misgivings about leaving the baby, she decided to accompany her husband.
Fast-forward 12 months and those initial misgivings seem laughable. Times, Sunday Times
Their medical misgivings were reinforced by religious scruples, best expressed by the minister who thought chloroform ‘a decoy of Satan’.
He looked with misgiving at the strange man in front of him.
What concerns you is that I have recently developed some misgivings about Wesley's intentions. BEHINDLINGS
Despite my misgivings, I picked up a box of these today when I filled the new prescription.
Opponents of nuclear energy have deep misgivings about its safety.
The duchess might have some misgivings about her husband returning to the air. Times, Sunday Times
They brought it before the bailliage of the Temple; but the Sieur Lebrun had some misgivings as to the impartiality of the court, and he carried it before the judges at the Châtelet. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845
She admitted she had grave misgivings about passing such a sentence, but said she was prepared to give the defendant a chance.
He had considerable misgivings at the prospect of moving jobs.
No one who knows the qualities and traditions of the French people and who has a conception of the solid, widely diffused wealth and of the natural advantages and resources of that beautiful and aboundingly favoured country -- not to mention the immense value of its North African and other Colonial possessions -- can be tempted into any misgivings as to the future of that great and brilliant nation. An International Survey
Despite our misgivings about docudramas, we felt that the independence of public broadcasting was at stake.
I was dismayed by their lack of confidence in the world's safest form of travel but understood their misgivings.
Throw in a disappointing 14th on the grid for today and deep misgivings must surely be creeping in. Times, Sunday Times
Pope John, while ostensibly the convoker of the council, came to it with many misgivings, suspecting the emperor’s secret purpose to depose him, and fearing to be brought to account for the vices which had disgraced the tiara, as well as for the crimes which had secured it. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan
He dismissed any previous misgivings because all at once he felt protective towards the girl on the couch.
But there have to be serious misgivings about how often he will be ready to put his vulnerable body in the firing line.
I looked with misgiving toward the south-west and thought of the six hundred miles of hardship before us — ay, if it were no worse than hardship. Chapter 27
They were not aware of his making any attempt to express misgivings via anonymous channels at the bank. Times, Sunday Times
Slowly and with misgiving, she went down to greet the Reverend James Longley.
Ah, " thought Carrie, with mournful misgivings, " what is it I have lost? ".
The odds last night were tilting towards him surviving, despite some deep misgivings about what he has left to offer. Times, Sunday Times
He reluctantly agrees, despite his best friend's misgivings.
Though the British as a whole supported the policy of reprisals, the toll of death and destruction in Berlin and other large cities caused misgivings and public questioning of the morality of ‘area’ bombing.
As a scientist, I had explored quantum mechanics and come to have misgivings about the depersonalized view of nature I had been raised in.
Chief among these misgivings is a suspicion that the new system is about putting a brake on the capacity of patients to make trouble.
There have been misgivings and bad omens in the city for months.
Darin was right; I did feel better after babbling my incoherent misgivings.
Nosing through the wispy clouds, I had serious misgivings about the tiny dot of an island, with a silhouette resembling a well-chewed apple core.
These school holidays were always supersafe, Ellen told herself, despite her instinctive misgivings. The Home for Broken Hearts
We all feel, sincerely and without misgiving, that we are the more lifted up in spirit for having, even in the privacy of our own household, eaten our daily meal by the help of handwrought silver utensils, from hand-painted china often of dubious artistic value laid on high-priced table linen. The Worldly Philosophers
I felt I had to express my misgivings about her decision.
This was quite intolerable; a misgiving was a warning voice from God, which should be attended to as a man valued his soul. The Fair Haven
Practising aerobatics and spinning will help to overcome any misgivings you may have about flying in steep turns at low speeds.
As he stole past the joiner's on that sunny morning, when wood was resinous and pungent of odour, he was suddenly conscious of a varnishy smell, and felt a misgiving without knowing why. The House with the Green Shutters
The strings are used only to accent the melody, and any misgivings are quickly redeemed by yet another amazing guitar solo.
Brae followed cautiously, and Chase stood behind him stammering his misgivings.
Several residents attended a meeting of the development control committee to express their misgivings.
He, likewise, had some misgivings about cabovers, as did some members of the mechanical crew.
But as we haul ourselves against the pull of gravity and into the 21st century, we continue to have misgivings.
But I still detected some misgivings - and not only among the press corps scoffing moussaka between briefings.
It was written in very small characters -- perhaps an unpurposed indication of the misgiving with which she allowed herself to pen the words. The Odd Women
Some of his misgivings about the mental fortitude of his players remain. Times, Sunday Times
The absence of an Iraqi government was a source of bitterness and misgivings.
For all its misgivings about the future the book remains good-humoured. Times, Sunday Times
Recall, with misgivings, that what attracted me to Spouse originally was his wit.
But the second she opened the door, I ditched all my misgivings.
Preferring to be a citizen rather than a subject, I had misgivings that this would convert me to monarchism - in fact, it revitalised my republicanism.
Those who purge Darwin from America's schools must yell in order to drown out their own misgivings, the inchoate realization that they are barking at the moon.
Did the Bush administration try to accommodate the Senators that had misgivings about the war, or were they called defeatist and traitors, and worst of all, wasn't a 30 year Marine Veteran branded a "coward" by a right wing female that never did anything for her country but bitch about the Democrats? What "Middle Ground" Harry?
Slowly, they began opening up about their misgivings regarding the building program. Christianity Today
Louise Martin tells us that 'they did not know what to call the manipulator-actor back in that day,' and that Van Volkenburg, with some misgivings, hit on the word puppeteer following from the term for a mule-driver, a muleteer. Robert Loerzel: Chicago, "Puppeteer" City
While the former boldly exposed the unseemly behind the scene activities of some DMK/pro DMK elements, before the CM himself, publicly, Mr Rajni was seen clapping in the meeting but later disowned the contents of Ajith's charge .. then met the CM to 'dispell' any misgivings .. what is all this? Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
There was melancholy, high and stately, such as Lucretius knew, when he went lonely among the homesteads or along the shore; but it was too exalted to be one with diffidence, for he who will hold the sum of things in his thoughts walks on clouds above the heads of men, free of all misgiving. Apologia Diffidentis
“It’s called Sacajawea,” Angela said, ignoring her misgivings. The Good House
Opponents of nuclear energy have deep misgivings about its safety.
At the bottom of all the agitation a wedding sets going in us all there is lying, I think a kind of misgiving, a secret pity for the fate of the poor rose which is picked now and must forthwith wither; and our boisterous jollification is but an awkward barely successful effort at concealing it. The Life of Froude
Despite my earlier misgivings, this place is a find for those ready to shell out serious gelt.
His misgivings about religious doctrines extend even to his own, and he is quick to put it into perspective.
The Prime Minister countered by stating that he had grave misgivings about the advice he had been given.
Of course, both Elizabeth and her brother John (Richard Carlson) insist on accompanying the group into the jungle, and despite misgivings, Quartermain reluctantly agrees. John Farr: They Sure Don't Make 'Em Like They Used to: A Tribute to Deborah Kerr
Finally, after deliberation, it was decided to initiate the Peace Corps program despite misgivings about working under a military regime.
He was conscious of a kind of envenomed resentment, almost aversion; yet his chief misgiving at that moment, which he recognized with added wrath, was lest she should leave him as quickly as she had come. The Sign of the Spider
There are - to put it no more strongly - serious misgivings among members of the EU.
Despite misgivings about the origin of the pets, many people find it difficult to say no once a puppy is in their arms. Times, Sunday Times
Last night, questioned about the continuing misgivings over his performances, he looked momentarily stunned but was then defiant. Times, Sunday Times
He has no misgiving that cookery is not the most sublime and important of professions. Alexis Soyer and the Rise of the Celebrity Chef
There was a little comfort in that thought as she fell asleep: it gave her a sense of comradeliness that anyone so eminently sane as Wordsworth should have had "blank misgivings. Captivity
Marty himself came to have misgivings about the notion of immanent objects and his term “content of judgment” in his main work must not be taken as an indication of something that actually or Anton Marty
From her tone, I could tell that any misgivings about me were all gone by now, and I relished that fact, by snuggling deeper into her embrace.
Innovation and expansion have continued apace as manufacturers have no misgivings about the long-term future for clay roofing tiles.
After living with this album for a couple of months, my initial misgivings have been dispelled.
Practising aerobatics and spinning will help to overcome any misgivings you may have about flying in steep turns at low speeds.
The battle brought to the fore misgivings about the war in Scotland.
Most of the misgivings I've heard from those familiar with the book have come back to how short the film is.
Any private misgivings Laura had about the excursion she was able to quell on the plane. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
But, if we take the story in the Acts of the Apostles, there is not the smallest foothold for the fashionable notion, which is entirely due to men's dislike of the supernatural, that there was any kind of misgiving in the young Pharisee, springing from the influence of Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy.
a misgiving which is strengthened by reflecting on all those to him incomprehensible inferences to which the admission of the argument leads him, and which seem almost to involve contradictions. Reason and Faith; Their Claims and Conflicts From The Edinburgh Review, October 1849, Volume 90, No. CLXXXII. (Pages 293-356)
But in our neighborhood a highwayman was a myth, -- we had hardly ever even heard of one; and so, after no end of misgivings lest one or another lion in the way should after all compel the relinquishment of the excursion, literally at the eleventh hour they were fairly on their way. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866
The Prime Minister countered by stating that he had grave misgivings about the advice he had been given.
Such misgivings are precisely the result of being fettered by circumstance and habit.
This season, he's airing his misgivings more frequently and, worse, has become literally and dangerously ill as a result of being exposed to a biotoxin. David Finkle: What's Television Telling Us About American Men in Deep-uh-?
By contrast, it is not uncommon for students on my short counselling courses to express misgivings regarding their own suitability for listening to others. Growing Through Loss and Grief
Notwithstanding, my journey homeward was sadder than my journey thither; and many misgivings I had, ere I could prevail on myself to put the missive into Mrs Linton's hand.
Sheridan's initial misgivings about involvement with theatre soon gave way to grandiose ambition.
Day of unity Yesterday's rather half-hearted celebration of a century and a half of Italian unity—a national holiday observed over the misgivings of the regionalist Northern League party and the outright abstention of the German-speaking region of South Tyrol—has left an appropriately downbeat memorial in the new Museum of the Roman Republic. A Nation of Racing Drivers Speeds Ahead
The duchess might have some misgivings about her husband returning to the air. Times, Sunday Times
Louise Martin tells us that 'they did not know what to call the manipulator-actor back in that day,' and that Van Volkenburg, with some misgivings, hit on the word puppeteer following from the term for a mule-driver, a muleteer. Robert Loerzel: Chicago, "Puppeteer" City
Westerland, who had seen that look on other faces and knew what it foreboded, suffered severe feelings of misgiving. The Elvis Latte
Nevertheless serious misgivings may persist about the wisdom of ascribing identity to meanings.
Baltimore in 1819, the word Unitarian, accepted by the liberals with some misgiving, became the recognized motto of the new creed. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters
There were no doubts or misgivings about the move from my chosen field of journalism to the wider horizons of radio broadcasting.
They are either in a minority or they are silent about their misgivings.
Shall we see hope and fear in doubtful conflict poised, shall we see misgivings, forebodings of ill throng in our pathway, shall clouds obscure and foes enlist and wrath Letter from Young John Allen to Mollie HoustonNovember 1, 1856
I had grave misgivings about making the trip.
Apollo_ of criticism and creation both, I think in his heart of hearts there must have been some misgivings; and it is impossible that he should not have known his fancy for people like the Guérins to be mere _engouement_. Matthew Arnold
He exudes brisk, straightforward confidence, without pretense or misgiving. The Last Ace
I felt I had to express my misgivings about her decision.
He dismissed any previous misgivings because all at once he felt protective towards the girl on the couch.
Fast-forward 12 months and those initial misgivings seem laughable. Times, Sunday Times
That was while he was still with no very grave misgivings as to the issue of his sickness, and felt the sources of life still springing essentially unadulterate within him. Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1
And so, full of misgivings, Leonard agreed to meet the following evening at a lay-by on the road home. GRACE
walty" -- inclined to roll -- that the captain set off with misgiving, and as she moved away the crew heard this solemn and disheartening invocation from a clergyman on the wharf: -- "Lord, if it be thy pleasure to bury these, our friends, in the bottom of the sea, take them; they are thine: save them. Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 04 : Tales of Puritan Land
I viewed the process with grave misgivings.
The duchess might have some misgivings about her husband returning to the air. Times, Sunday Times
If Brown, Cook and Short have serious misgivings, he is running out of senior allies who would help to steamroller any controversial decisions through Cabinet and, if necessary, the House of Commons.
I understand their misgivings but I most strongly disapprove of their opposition to change.
The local people still harboured considerable misgivings over the flood of workers into their village.
And should someone dare to approach them – in this case the Pope – he too loses any right to tolerance; he too can be treated hatefully, without misgiving or restraint. Ecumenism
As someone who has had a recycled cardboard tree for the last few years (thank you, Muji), and whose mother habitually festoons decorations on random house plants, I have some fundamental misgivings about Christmas trees.
He looks with misgiving at the strange man in front of him.
They are hiding behind the fig leaf of the UN to give their misgivings about war an air of high-minded internationalism.
I had grave misgivings about making the trip.
I had a few misgivings: the visibility of the dashboard was obscured by the steering wheel and the seats at the back were pretty cramped.
The latter hesitated in the midst of the cut and looked around with querulous misgiving at the faces of the others. A GOBOTO NIGHT
His misgivings about religious doctrines extend even to his own, and he is quick to put it into perspective.
Innovation and expansion have continued apace as manufacturers have no misgivings about the long-term future for clay roofing tiles.
She admitted she had grave misgivings about passing such a sentence, but said she was prepared to give the defendant a chance.
‘They've dynamited the roads,’ the captain said, a note of respect and misgiving in his voice.
Many unpaid ministerial aides had expressed deep misgivings. Times, Sunday Times
She shared my misgivings about the planned weekend.
She eyed the distant shoreline with misgiving.
And first, has Linda McMahon's advantage as a self-financing candidate who's created some jobs outweighed whatever misgivings people have about professional wrestling? Conn. Senate Race Pits AG Against Ex-Wrestling CEO
My only qualm on this album is the rather boxy sound of this overture, but this is a minor misgiving when compared to the joys on offer.
We are in a city ravaged by war where the menfolk rally round a new leader despite their misgivings.
And a reported 25m to ease any possible misgivings he may have harboured. Times, Sunday Times
Fast-forward 12 months and those initial misgivings seem laughable. Times, Sunday Times
The local people still harboured considerable misgivings over the flood of workers into their village.
I was dismayed by their lack of confidence in the world's safest form of travel but understood their misgivings.
But, while doing this, she was ashamed of him, undetermined whether to get rid of him or more decidedly encourage him, distracted with apprehensions that she was every day becoming more and more immeshed in her uncertainties, and tortured by misgivings that Mrs Merdle triumphed in her distress. Little Dorrit
Yet his initial misgivings soon turned to enthusiasm. Paul VI - The First Modern Pope
He was right; I did feel better after babbling my incoherent misgivings.
I have misgivings about an alliance of countries that differ wildly in their attitudes to fairly important things such as work and financial prudence. Times, Sunday Times
Expressing misgivings about tactics-almost invariably conducted as part of undercover police operations-is not a judicial function.
He had freaks also to divert the vexations of his misgiving thoughts, calling on by the beat of drum his footguards, like a kennel of hounds to snatch away the scraps and reliques of his table. Royalty Restored
My misgivings about Driven grew as the show progressed. Times, Sunday Times
Innovation and expansion have continued apace as manufacturers have no misgivings about the long-term future for clay roofing tiles.
He couldn't help having misgivings about the easy taxonomy to which he found himself resorting.
Nonetheless, I have always had some misgivings about dignifying the count at all.
I have grave misgivings about the viability of this type of funding while copyright and patent laws remain in force.
I have misgivings about an alliance of countries that differ wildly in their attitudes to fairly important things such as work and financial prudence. Times, Sunday Times
*** Americas Haitians voted as a popular singer and a former first lady vied to be the next president of the beleaguered nation, amid misgivings over the election's validity fueled by the return from exile of the populist ex-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. World Watch
Despite her misgivings about leaving the baby, she decided to accompany her husband.
Does he not feel misgivings about contributing to a system that allows a superior education to be bought? Times, Sunday Times

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