foretelling
Example Sentences
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That marvelous lighted scene, foretelling the end of Europe’s deadliest period, has stayed with me all these years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
A foretelling of last earthly smells, whether for the hunted or the hunter.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
A number of religious sects arose foretelling the end of days.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
The percussive way she rode a groove too: Listening now to “If,” from the early ’90s, I feel like she’s foretelling some of the changes to come in the blurred relationship between singing and rapping.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2022
“By your own foretelling this world will change, and within five years.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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