- present participle of foreshadow.
foreshadowing
Example Sentences
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So far, neither side is showing signs of backing down, foreshadowing a fight that could take years.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
It is ironic that Harrison’s protest against taxation ended up foreshadowing private markets’ capture of artistic value.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Reinhart, the BNY economist, said the absence of foreshadowing makes Waller’s dissent more consequential.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
I wish I’d noted that line as foreshadowing, but just like any good mystery, the clues are only evident in hindsight.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
In the months to come they would draw together even more closely just as I would hold to them—my moment of separateness a foreshadowing, but not yet a reality.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
Vocabulary lists containing foreshadowing
Power Prefix: fore-
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 3
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