How to Use foreshadow in a Sentence

foreshadow

verb

• The hero's predicament is foreshadowed in the first chapter.
• Her early interest in airplanes foreshadowed her later career as a pilot.
• For some of them, the new rules foreshadow more bad news to come.
  — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 11 Nov. 2020
• The arrival of a wasp at the table foreshadows what’s to come.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• The move may well foreshadow the end of Hernández’s time with the Rangers.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
• The song also foreshadows what’s to come in Becky’s life.
  — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
• That foreshadowed unrest in the Senate later in the day and night.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
• Some believed the phrase was meant to foreshadow the fate of the Stark family.
  — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 22 June 2018
• So much like the poster foreshadowed, in this week’s Episode 7, Juliette takes a dive.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
• Seeds of the tea party The Perot movement foreshadowed the rise of the tea party in 2010.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 9 July 2019
• The home, as foreshadowed in the previous episodes, is on the market.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 7 June 2018
• But the empire’s decline in the 1400s may have been foreshadowed by Koh Ker’s demise.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2020
• Jon's, Sansa's, and Arya's—show them at their current ages and foreshadow all three of their deaths.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Jan. 2019
• The trip also foreshadowed the princess' devoted work to the sick.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Sep. 2018
• Hobbs foreshadowed the bills and the policies proposed in them during her State of the State speech on Jan. 8.
  — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
• That's a whole lot of time for the press corps to foreshadow the presser and sharpen questions.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 19 Jan. 2022
• The interest in Lacy could foreshadow what's to come in the second round.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2020
• Brown kicked off her summer in the RV in May, and foreshadowed her lack of free time to use the mobile living space.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
• Before the race, Lewis foreshadowed who deserved blame is the U.S. didn’t win.
  — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2024
• Made in 2007, the film foreshadows the eventual blowback of the U.S. support of the mujahideen.
  — Keith Staskiewicz, EW.com, 26 June 2024
• And that would be a result foreshadowed by few of the country's pollsters.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
• One of those foreshadowed what would happen later on the show.
  — Dave Quinn, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
• Facebook posts claimed the outbreak had been foreshadowed by a 1981 Dean Koontz book.
  — Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2020
• Of course, this could foreshadow a move to hire Brian Flores as head coach.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 16 Jan. 2023
• Did these plays foreshadow a leap forward from the safety pair?
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 22 Aug. 2021
• Not to foreshadow the end of Dellinger, but there was this great message that the enlightened are not welcome here.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
• The mixtape song release was foreshadowed earlier in the year by Stray Kids as a gift to their fans.
  — Tamar Herman, Billboard, 29 Dec. 2019
• So is there any way to foreshadow or predict whether the rulings will be drastic?
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2023
• Does this foreshadow a scene somewhere in the real world outside of the Lumon offices?
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
• Madison and her film’s big wins might foreshadow next Sunday’s Oscars.
  — Paul Chi, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 16 Mar 2025