presaging
Example Sentences
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It was an early example of Americans’ resentment of English tyranny, presaging the anger that would erupt into the Revolutionary War in the next century.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
The apocalyptic imagination, he argued, imposes on history “neat, naïve patterns” presaging a turning point in the grand scheme of humanity.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025
Scores were exposed to the virus, presaging potential catastrophe in Africa’s most populous nation.
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2025
But his comments suggested the fighting had taken another ominous turn for Kyiv’s forces, potentially presaging their withdrawal from a town reduced to ruins by months of horrendous bombardment.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2024
She told Inspector Thomas Mathew how in the last few weeks she had noticed some presaging signs, some insolence, some rudeness.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
