foreshadow
verb (used with object)
to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure.
will foreshadow
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future tenseof foreshadow.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Is there dread that Alabama’s visit will foreshadow upcoming life in the SEC?
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
“Whatever action or inaction Pyongyang takes will foreshadow what the U.S.-North Korea and inter-Korean relationships will look like in the foreseeable future.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2021
Since the 1999 breach of its Edwards Dam, the Kennebec River has seen river herring runs more than two million fish strong, and many river-watchers hope that will foreshadow what can happen here.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2013
Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead.
From Short Stories Old and New by C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) Smith
Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead," said Scrooge, "But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change.
From A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others by Julia Thompson von Stosch Schayer
