prelude

Example Sentences

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This, though, doesn’t look like a prelude to a recession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Seen now, Annie feels almost like a prelude to Roy's later life as a feted novelist and one of India's most polarising writers.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

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

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

But the icy wind and the snow were only a prelude to the low temperatures they found in Canada.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry