prologue

“It’s Florida, Man,” HBO Max “What you’re about to see may be dangerous, illegal, unethical, petty, misguided, immoral and most definitely stupid,” a prologue warns at the top of each episode.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

"Persistently high prices are a burden for the American people, but the recent past need not be prologue," he said after the meeting at which he also wanted wide-ranging reforms at the bank.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

So much for “two households, both alike in dignity,” the first words from the prologue, here sung by Francis Jue as Friar Lawrence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

But if past is prologue, the courts won’t willingly implement reform.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026

Widget pauses before he starts, letting the tent and the tree settle into silent prologue while Poppet waits patiently.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

A director creates and stages extravagant musical prologues for movie theaters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2019

Similar notes often appear in the prologues of scientific innovation or inventor profiles, interestingly enough.

From Salon ● May 15, 2019

Plenty of films use flashbacks or prologues featuring a younger version of the protagonist to telescope an adult hero’s journey, and it can be a hokey device for any number of reasons, including misbegotten casting.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2016

In it, Leonard warned writers to avoid such flourishes as prologues, adverbs and overwrought descriptions and to keep their exclamation points under control.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 15, 2014

Here she became a favorite of Dryden, who wrote some of his prologues and epilogues expressly for her. 

From The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble by Leitch Ritchie

This was one of three events that probably clouded the sunlit hours of the early comedies and prologued the dark vision of the great tragedies.

From Time Magazine Archive

"If I fail," and Warren was dumbfounded, even after the unreal scenes which had prologued this situation.

From The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play by Charles Goddard

No wonder he prologued his piping after the following dismal fashion:—   "In dreary verse my rhymes I make,   Bewailing whilst such theme I take."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various