forerun

Example Sentences

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It may, however, forerun a wartime wave of back-to-the-bed "escape" novels.

From Time Magazine Archive

The comet was the talk, especially in the evening, of the world, as it was taken to forerun disasters.

From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn

But like many other incredible conceptions which have forerun their own still more incredible fulfillment, the very thought electrifies us with hope and courage.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

Gone, gone, gone! they have fled before the piercing and terrible winds that forerun the storms and the hurricanes.

From Adventures in the Philippine Islands by La Gironière, Paul P. de

He only wondered what strange experience this blindfold journey was to forerun.

From The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest by Cullum, Ridgwell