foreshadow
verb (used with object)
to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure.
were 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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It was almost as if he were foreshadowing the weekend.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2016
By taking that position, observers thought, the English Anglicans were foreshadowing approval of the bitterly disputed proposal.
From Time Magazine Archive
