preluding
- present participle of prelude.
Example Sentences
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They were preluding a Pan-Pacific Buddhists' Conference to be held in Tokyo in 1934.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through the closed curtains comes the early sun, First a pale finger, preluding the hand.
From Poems by Shanks, Edward
But this operation should not be performed in presence of the public; and, moreover, every instrumental noise—every kind of preluding between the acts—constitutes a real offence to all civilized auditors.
From The Orchestral Conductor Theory of His Art by Berlioz, Hector
They made three distinct charges, preluding always with the bugle, on the right, left and centre, confusing the point of attack; then, with a cheer and up they came.
From The Falling Flag Evacuation of Richmond, Retreat and Surrender at Appomattox by Boykin, Edward M.
"Too bad about old Wiggy," he remarked with his preluding sigh.
From The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Nicholson, Meredith
