foreshadow
verb (used with object)
to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure.
was foreshadowing
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past progressiveof foreshadow.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But there was foreshadowing of what was to come.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2025
Maybe it was foreshadowing or a bit of a premonition.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
Despite these dire predictions being widely broadcast, the future that the science was foreshadowing seemed to be unavoidable.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2021
But adding John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain High” was foreshadowing the inevitable in that state.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2015
But the effect of these concessions was undermining the sovereignty and was foreshadowing conflict.
From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Oscar S. Straus
