- present participle of foreshadow.
foreshadowing
Example Sentences
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Foreshadowings of social relations occur in the animal world.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
Premonitions, Foreshadowings of some terrible disaster Oppress my heart.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Foreshadowings of social relations occur in the animal world, not only in the line of our own vertebrate ancestry, but in certain orders of insects which stand quite remote from that line.
From The Destiny of Man Viewed in the Light of His Origin by Fiske, John
Vocabulary lists containing foreshadowing
Power Prefix: fore-
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 3
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