Foreshadow (Verb)
Meaning
Indicate, as with a sign or an omen; "These signs bode bad news".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The dark storm clouds gathered, foreshadowing the impending hurricane that would ravage the city.
- Her symptoms foreshadowed the cancer diagnosis she would eventually receive.
- A sudden decrease in his appetite foreshadowed a sign of the illness that was to come.
- The eerie silence that followed the loud argument foreshadowed the icy relationship that would develop between the two.
- The warning signs of financial trouble were beginning to foreshadow the company's inevitable bankruptcy.