foretell
verb (used with object)
to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
has been foretelling
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present perfect progressiveof foretell (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"She has been foretelling me I know not what misery and misfortune, just because I choose to amuse myself in my own way."
From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Thomas Hughes
The prophet has been foretelling a destruction which he calls God's strange act.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
