foretell
verb (used with object)
to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
was foretelling
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past progressiveof foretell.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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One of the travellers, a squint-eyed ill-favoured fellow, was foretelling that more and more people would be coming north in the near future.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
They said that the calamities which Jeremiah was foretelling would not come to pass, or that at least they would be much less formidable than he represented.
From The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 by James Stalker
"You have interrupted this young lady just when she was foretelling me most interesting things!"
From Carmen by Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson) Loyd
It was the interval between Hochstadt and Ramillies, and the first of these victories was foretelling the second.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
Yes, faith, sir, I was foretelling her of a disaster that severely threatened her: And—one thing I foresee already by my stars, that I must bear up boldly, or I am lost.
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by John Dryden
