foreshadow
verb (used with object)
to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure.
had foreshadowed
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past perfectof foreshadow.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In October, Bessent had foreshadowed the change, saying future revisions would “position FinCEN as a gatekeeper” over AML enforcement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
Macdonald had foreshadowed that someone with a college background could get the job when he said at his introductory news conference that NFL play-calling experience was not a priority in an OC.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
Reese had foreshadowed her return when she posted on social media a photo of herself inside LSU’s basketball stadium, the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
The company had foreshadowed the sriracha scarcity in an April letter to customers announcing that unfavorable weather conditions had resulted in a “severe shortage” of chiles.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
Was not his own the form in which that destiny had embodied itself, and he a chief agent of the coming evil which he had foreshadowed?
From The Prophetic Pictures (From "Twice Told Tales") by Nathaniel Hawthorne
