forerun

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

It cannot forerun the limitations of its day, nor anticipate the conquests and common possessions of the future.

From Spenser by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

The comet was the talk, especially in the evening, of the world, as it was taken to forerun disasters.

From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn

He only wondered what strange experience this blindfold journey was to forerun.

From The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest by Cullum, Ridgwell

It was in my sleep; but then, it was one of those dreams that always forerun the reality.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various