foreshadow
verb (used with object)
to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure.
are foreshadowing
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present progressiveof foreshadow.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The pretenses that falsify the past are foreshadowing excuses for future warfare.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2023
Frustratingly, there's no way to know if smaller quakes are foreshadowing something more dire, according to Steven Jaume, a College of Charleston geology professor who characterized the foreshocks ahead of Charleston's 1886 disaster as "rare."
From Fox News ● Jan. 5, 2022
Frustratingly, there’s no way to know if smaller quakes are foreshadowing something more dire, according to Steven Jaume, a College of Charleston geology professor who characterized the foreshocks ahead of Charleston’s 1886 disaster as “rare.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2022
They think these prophecies are material things; yet those signs are foreshadowing spiritual occurances.
From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá
They think these prophecies are material things, yet those signs are foreshadowing spiritual occurrence.
From Japan Will Turn Ablaze! by Barbara R. (Barbara Rutledge) Sims
