prelude

Example Sentences

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It was a striking prelude to "Body to Body", the album's first full track, interwoven with Korea's most iconic folk song and the album's namesake, Arirang.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

"At its core, this looks like pressure and leverage rather than a prelude to invasion," he wrote.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

MLB officials have cited that fan concern repeatedly over the last year, prelude to an expected push for a salary cap.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Her fate is prelude, prediction and warning — it’s not an aberration.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

And then, without prelude, he began to tell them how it was going to be.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown