bid fair

It bid fair to destroy for me all that was best and brightest in life.

He bade fair to emerge better provided than ever before in his life.

It was a move that bid fair to hold men dumfounded.

This time it bids fair to do the same by blowing only half as fast.

But she had other assets that bid fair to compensate.

He bade fair to live out a long life of horrible crime.

Their children bid fair to become impish reminders of times past.

I looked up, then, at the sky, which had bid fair for our journey, as clear as the day before.

When he bade fair to outrun them, they opened fire.

They bid fair to become the dominant life form.