had presaged
- past perfect of presage.
Example Sentences
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In fact, one of Mr. Trump’s top advisers, Chris LaCivita, had presaged it less than an hour before Mr. Cameron spoke.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2023
And the punk rock that Iggy and the Stooges had presaged nearly a decade earlier was taking hold in the United States.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2020
The US president had presaged the news of Baghdadi’s death in characteristic style, inviting speculation by tweeting at 9.23pm on Saturday evening in Washington: “Something very big has just happened!”
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2019
But it was not until his second spell in office, in 2010, that Orbán managed to initiate the total transformation he had presaged more than two decades earlier.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2016
The brooding heat of midday, however, had presaged the coming storm, and it had been prepared for at mill and farmhouse.
From Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point by Emerson, Alice B.
