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foretoken

[fawr-toh-kuhn, fohr-, fawr-toh-kuhn, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌtoʊ kən, ˈfoʊr-, fɔrˈtoʊ kən, foʊr- /




















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Holroyd manages to make each successive phase of Shaw's life seem significant of itself, rather than simply as a foretoken of what was to come or as raw material for the plays.

From Time Magazine Archive

The present state of mystery writing does not foretoken a renaissance.

From Time Magazine Archive

At length, a glimmer of light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the foretoken of an approaching burst of flames, as in truth it was, than the return of day.

From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Linthicum, Richard

Then he knew why he had been so blissfully happy that evening; it was just a foretoken of the little girl's nearness.

From The Emperor of Portugalia by Howard, Velma Swanston

They say that eclipses foretoken misfortune, because misfortunes are common, so that, as evil happens so often, they often foretell it; whereas if they said that they predict good fortune, they would often be wrong.

From Pascal's Pensées by Pascal, Blaise




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