had been foreshadowing

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of foreshadow.
  foreshadow

  verb (used with object)

  to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure.

Related Words

• augur
• foretell
• imply
• portend
• predict
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• presage