foreshadowing
Example Sentences
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I wish I’d noted that line as foreshadowing, but just like any good mystery, the clues are only evident in hindsight.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
The second problem, as several early studies showed, was that GLP-1 given in large doses caused patients to vomit, foreshadowing the primary side effect of today’s blockbusters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
But markets have a way of foreshadowing future shifts.
From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025
Even the announcement of the Ashes squad was an anticlimactic foreshadowing of things to come.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025
Rachel fiercely putting in overtime, foreshadowing a marital track record distinguished for quantity if not quality.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
