prologue
Example Sentences
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If past is prologue, he will overreach in response to this week’s peace proffer, rejecting what many in his entourage would view as an attractive exit from a strategic miscue.
In the opening prologue, he recounts making a pilgrimage to Dublin to see Scottish rockers Travis when, really, he wanted to gorge himself on Spice Girls memorabilia.
From BBC
In a prologue to the published version of the play, Hansberry’s former husband, producer Robert Nemiroff, noted in April 1965, “These were so far as I know, the last words she put to paper.”
From Washington Post
After a brief prologue setting up the premise, several parties converge on the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, where they encounter a drug-addled bear.
From Washington Post
“Thus far, we have. Is it going to be easy on reconciliation? Absolutely not. But if the past is prologue, we have a decent chance.”
From Washington Times
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