forerun

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

From Time Magazine Archive

In truth his position was a perilous one, and this lull of fierce elements seemed to forerun some terrible explosion—where the storm might spend its fury was as yet hid in darkness.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by

Indeed, the signs of his fall, or those that forerun it, are terrible and amazing to behold.

From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John

Even so, it is not quick enough, I fear, to forerun the whims of goddesses.

From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by Cabell, James Branch

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