How to Use foreshadow in a Sentence

foreshadow

verb
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  • The hero's predicament is foreshadowed in the first chapter.
  • Her early interest in airplanes foreshadowed her later career as a pilot.
  • For some of them, the new rules foreshadow more bad news to come.
    — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The arrival of a wasp at the table foreshadows what’s to come.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The move may well foreshadow the end of Hernández’s time with the Rangers.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • That foreshadowed unrest in the Senate later in the day and night.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
  • But the empire’s decline in the 1400s may have been foreshadowed by Koh Ker’s demise.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2020
  • Hobbs foreshadowed the bills and the policies proposed in them during her State of the State speech on Jan. 8.
    — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
  • That's a whole lot of time for the press corps to foreshadow the presser and sharpen questions.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The interest in Lacy could foreshadow what's to come in the second round.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2020
  • Brown kicked off her summer in the RV in May, and foreshadowed her lack of free time to use the mobile living space.
    — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Before the race, Lewis foreshadowed who deserved blame is the U.S. didn’t win.
    — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Made in 2007, the film foreshadows the eventual blowback of the U.S. support of the mujahideen.
    — Keith Staskiewicz, EW.com, 26 June 2024
  • Facebook posts claimed the outbreak had been foreshadowed by a 1981 Dean Koontz book.
    — Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2020
  • Of course, this could foreshadow a move to hire Brian Flores as head coach.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Did these plays foreshadow a leap forward from the safety pair?
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 22 Aug. 2021
  • So is there any way to foreshadow or predict whether the rulings will be drastic?
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2023
  • This work ethic would foreshadow the rest of his career, as Link would go on to lend his writing skills to over 70 shows and movies over the next 50 years.
    — Eli Countryman, chicagotribune.com, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Consumer response to these phones might foreshadow demand for the next wave of iPhones.
    — Michael Liedtke, Star Tribune, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Events in Israel -- one of the most vaccinated countries in the world -- foreshadow the risks ahead.
    — Ben Westcott and Carly Walsh, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The data is limited, but this could foreshadow trouble in the U.S., where the new variant has a foothold.
    — Star Tribune, 30 Jan. 2021
  • Trump’s heel-turn on refugees may foreshadow a broader GOP shift against taking in tens of thousands of them.
    — Andrew Solender, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • There was foreshadowing in the early 2000s that something might be awry with the business.
    — Lindy Segal, refinery29.com, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The teaser for the new season did not foreshadow any comment about the Oscars scandal.
    — NBC News, 20 Apr. 2022
  • In the Mediterranean, handing someone a sharp object foreshadows a fight in the future.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, House Beautiful, 2 July 2023
  • Or are producers just trying to foreshadow that there are storm clouds on the horizon for Grant?
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2024
  • For Deepti, this question foreshadowed how their romance was doomed from the start.
    — Eliza Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
  • That’s when the flu season began in Australia, and the severity of influenza there can foreshadow what’s in store for the US.
    — Ike Swetlitz, Bloomberg.com, 11 Jan. 2023
  • More breweries closed in Oregon than opened last year, a trend that foreshadows tough months ahead for the industry.
    — John Frank, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
  • However, the rise of cases in Europe is expected to foreshadow a rise in the States.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2022

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