foretell

Example Sentences

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What follows is a chronicle of a death foretold.

From Los Angeles Times

“Apples float, and as the girls’ potential sweethearts ducked to catch the fruit with their teeth, future couplings were determined — or foretold.”

From Salon

To a remarkable degree, they foretold many of the failures that would beset L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

All of this is foretold and symbolized in “Sundae.”

From Salon

In his 1998 book “Paradise Lost,” Schrag sought not simply to foretell the region’s future, but to explicate how its future foretold what was in store for the country as a whole.

From Los Angeles Times