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 occurrence.
From Japan Will Turn Ablaze! by Barbara R. (Barbara Rutledge) Sims
They think these prophecies are material things; yet those signs are foreshadowing spiritual occurances.
From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá
