foretell
verb (used with object)
to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
is foretelling
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present progressiveof foretell (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Richard Ekstract, a director of the H-Fi Show, already is foretelling the day when whole houses will be jumping with electronic sound.
From Time Magazine Archive
These are like the lights in the city, Winnie, but there is a day-star in our hearts that is foretelling the perfect day.
From The First Soprano by Mary Hitchcock
We relapse into the everlasting question: if it cannot complete the second sentence because it would be destroying in the womb the very event which it is foretelling, why does it utter the first?
From The Unknown Guest by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
At the very moment he is foretelling woe, he prays God that his prophecy may not come true; he tries every method to prevent its coming true, by entreating his countrymen to repent.
From Sermons on National Subjects by Charles Kingsley
