harbinger
noun
a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
harbingers
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pluralof harbinger.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Whales, she said, can be harbingers of bigger changes under the surface of the ocean.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
Here, the harbingers of the new golden age of the old-school American tavern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Modern Western culture caricatures vultures as undertakers, grim harbingers of death and hardly ideal images of maternal love.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
Washcloths are particularly controversial: “People get really riled up, like, ‘Washcloths are harbingers of bacteria,’ and ‘If you don’t use a washcloth, you’re dirty.’
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2024
They are the first harbingers of a tradition of portraiture that will continue unbroken until the collapse of the Roman Empire.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
