foretaste
noun
a slight and partial experience, knowledge, or taste of something to come in the future; anticipation.
foretasting
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present participleof foretaste.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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She was already foretasting the dreariness of life without the critical, corrective, and withal stimulating presence of her elder child.
From Kildares of Storm by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
Instantly she knew, with that foretasting mind of hers, that the man peering over the policeman's shoulder and Johnny Two-Hawks had met somewhere that day.
From The Drums of Jeopardy by Harold MacGrath
Even our soberer thoughts are very much given to following the possible fortunes of some enterprise, and foretasting the satisfactions of love and ambition.
From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by George Santayana
"Am I the sun, dear?" he asked, foretasting the delight of listening to her simple answer.
From The Witch of Prague by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Confident of success, they were foretasting gleefully the terror of the stream at sight of the blessed image entering its waters.
From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Isaac Goldberg
