foreteller

Example Sentences

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The despised flower was by this raised to the position of a prophet or foreteller of events.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

What foreteller of spear-shower E'en within this nigh-passed hour, Swift through the rough weather rode Past the gate of this abode?

From The Story of Grettir the Strong by Morris, William

The despised flower was by this raised to the position of a prophet, or foreteller of events.

From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

As a business adviser or foreteller of the Future, I don't think he is excelled.

From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence

The prophet was more than a foreteller, as is being continually insisted upon nowadays.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander