Thesaurus results for FORESHADOWING

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noun

fȯr-ˈsha-də-wiŋ

as in forerunner

something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event the hero's strange encounter with a grave digger is often seen as a foreshadowing of his own death

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verb

present participle of foreshadow

as in predicting

to give a slight indication of beforehand a series of small tremors that foreshadowed the massive earthquake the next day

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This was a fair description of some elements in the Antall government—and a prescient foreshadowing of the populist style that Orban himself would later adopt. —

Paul Lendvai, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019 The emphasis on ambiguity was fitting foreshadowing of the next 45 minutes of the Dallas Cowboys’ state of the union news conference. —

Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 26 July 2024 Modiri, who also appears as a high-ranking security services hostage negotiator in the film’s final section, inundates his screenplay with aural and visual foreshadowing. —

Alissa Simon, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024 Episode writer Zachary Reiter knows exactly how to ham up the calm before the storm, warming us up with sentimental moments (like a mother preparing her son for his first date) and frisky foreshadowing (of course there’s a couple getting it on in the bathroom). —

Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for foreshadowing

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While Cal State Fullerton isn’t the first campus to launch a Project Rebound program, the university has been among the forerunners in its expansion, becoming a model for Project Rebound programs at the other universities in the CSU system.

— Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2025
Each night, Americans were reminded of the crisis on TV, as ABC created nightly reports called America Held Hostage with Ted Koppel, the forerunner to Nightline.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024