prelude
Example Sentences
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After a brief opening prelude, the second track, “Prophecy at 1420 MHz,” has an ominous guitar riff, thudding percussion and a pitched-down voice talking about God and run through what could be a Vocoder.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Yet while an increase in wholesale prices is a prelude of sorts to what consumers end up paying for goods and services, the relationship is far from exact.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
It could be the biggest IPO ever but it also might just be the prelude for a record-breaking merger.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
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
Everything so far had been prelude: From what we’d been told, you could be a star at the Academy and then fall flat on your face inside a real prison.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing prelude
"Two Kinds" (from The Joy Luck Club) by Amy Tan
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
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"Total Loss Weekend" by Don Delillo
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