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forerun

[fawr-ruhn, fohr-] / fɔrˈrʌn, foʊr- /








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It may, however, forerun a wartime wave of back-to-the-bed "escape" novels.

From Time Magazine Archive

I saw evidences of war-paint and a recent war-dance that forerun an Indian attack.

From Vanguards of the Plains by McCarter, Margaret Hill

Indeed, the signs of his fall, or those that forerun it, are terrible and amazing to behold.

From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John

Yet this I have ever noted when thou wast thus, It still forerun some strange event: my Sister Died when thou wast thus last: hark hark, ho, What mournfull noise is this comes creeping forward?

From The Mad Lover The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (3 of 10) by Beaumont, Francis

Indeed, the signs of his fall, or those that forerun it, are terrible, and amazing to behold.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John




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