foreshadowing
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.
It is ironic that Harrison’s protest against taxation ended up foreshadowing private markets’ capture of artistic value.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Reinhart, the BNY economist, said the absence of foreshadowing makes Waller’s dissent more consequential.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
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
Even the announcement of the Ashes squad was an anticlimactic foreshadowing of things to come.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025
I couldn’t even tell you what I thought about, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t Homer’s use of foreshadowing in the Odyssey.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
