prelude

“War,” premiering Thursday on HBO, is the satisfying story of a divorce, or rather the prelude to a divorce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Painful, for sure, but a prelude to a stirring second half from the striker and his new-old team-mates.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

This shameful incident, from which Sumner never fully recovered, served as a prelude to the Civil War.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

The person, whoever it was, gave a small cough, evidently as a prelude to speaking.

From "1984" by George Orwell

It has also caused speculation among Russian analysts and the country’s political class over whether it preludes another draft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

He started playing piano at the age of two and, at just 17, gave a remarkable two-and-a-half-hour concert featuring the 24 preludes and fugues by composer Dmitri Shostakovich.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2024

Phil creative chair, he programs the Green Umbrella series, and it was significant that Glass preludes preceded a weekend devoted to Adams and his influence at Disney.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

You might know two or three of his chorale preludes.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

Wars, migrations, natural disasters—these were mere preludes to the Mormon story.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The Taliban did not issue a formal statement on the anniversary of the al-Qaeda terrorist attacks that preluded them being driven from power 20 years earlier.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 11, 2021

Similar marches have since preluded Pride events across the country.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2019

Seventy years later, it was lost to the modern urges that preluded the Seattle Century 21 World’s Fair.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2018

Last week came a Luther Day which was notable because it preluded bigger celebrations, to be held Nov. 10 on the 450th anniversary of Martin Luther's birth.

From Time Magazine Archive

His action for libel brought against the Times preluded and inevitably led up to the formal investigation of the famous Charges and Allegations.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

They were preluding a Pan-Pacific Buddhists' Conference to be held in Tokyo in 1934.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scarcely had the orchestra ceased preluding and the singer brought out the first notes of his song, than Barber slowly rose from his seat.

From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien

It is terrible, it is magnificent; one seems to hear the chorus of the abysses of the old world preluding a new chaos.

From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by W. H. Davenport Adams

What are called the interpellations continued, when suddenly Lord Palmerston reappeared; embarrassed, with a faint smile; addressed the House; and after various preluding, announced the withdrawal of the Motion of Censure.

From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Arthur Christopher Benson

I am sure she will give us something lovely; see, she is preluding with her airs and graces.

From Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll