foretell
verb (used with object)
to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
had been foretelling
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past perfect progressiveof foretell.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Some Manila newspapers that had been foretelling doom since the August rebellion had a change of heart.
From Time Magazine Archive
The words of this text in their original meaning point only to the ignorance of the time of the end which Christ had been foretelling.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Alexander Maclaren
