prologue

Example Sentences

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All those years of misery just proved to be the prologue to the most shocking story from the tournament’s opening rounds.

From The Wall Street Journal

We meet him following a prologue set in a prison, where an old man is given the task of burning a batch of papers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Suspense is useful as prologue, but it amounts to a broken promise if there isn’t a satisfying explanation.

From The Wall Street Journal

But past really is prologue, so the question hanging over the discussion Monday night was not about what Altadena has been, but what it will become.

From Los Angeles Times

But the script for Besson’s “Dracula” keeps getting distracted with multiple flashbacks — the film opens with a 15-minute prologue in which Vlad straps on his fanged helmet and rides into battle.

From Los Angeles Times