forerun
Example Sentences
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It may, however, forerun a wartime wave of back-to-the-bed "escape" novels.
From Time Magazine Archive
Does ulceration occur in the stomach or intestines, and threaten to penetrate through them—inflammation will often forerun and provide against the danger—glue the threatened membrane to whatever surface may be next it....
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
The comet was the talk, especially in the evening, of the world, as it was taken to forerun disasters.
From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn
It cannot forerun the limitations of its day, nor anticipate the conquests and common possessions of the future.
From Spenser by Church, R. W. (Richard William)
He only wondered what strange experience this blindfold journey was to forerun.
From The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest by Cullum, Ridgwell
