forerunning
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Here’s a timeline of Steve Bannon’s White House months and the forerunning campaign role:
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2017
A finger forerunning his eyes along the page.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
Imaginative forecast of the future is this forerunning quality of behavior rendered available for guidance in the present.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.
Even to the poorest laborer's family comes now something like peace and rest forerunning the intermission of the night.
From Bits about Home Matters by Jackson, Helen Hunt
In such cases the axiom is not the forerunning cause of the action, but its justifying explanation.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 by Various
