How to Use forewarning in a Sentence

forewarning

noun

• Shaw said there had been no forewarning of the swap was coming.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2022
• Little has changed since this forewarning, and the new program does not alter the paucity of the workforce.
  — Jessica Wapner, Newsweek, 1 June 2017
• A forewarning to the Frenchman: Others have tried to persuade Trump on the dangers of leaving the Paris agreement -- and failed.
  — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 17 July 2017
• The sound could indeed be a siren and thus a handy forewarning that an ambulance or firetruck might be coming down the road soon.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• There are going to be a lot of questions about whether there was, as Pierre pointed out, whether there was any type of forewarning of this attack.
  — ABC News, 14 July 2024
• Carlson was not allowed to have a final show; staffers at the network, and even at his own show, were not given forewarning.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
• Turns out, a little forewarning, a dash of tact and a giant pile of money is a winning formula for a clean break.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2019
• Powell didn't see the departure of coach Hylton Dayes as a forewarning.
  — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 14 Apr. 2020
• Turn up your heat now Fortunately, this storm has brought more forewarning than the last, giving you time to heat up the house in the event the electricity shuts off.
  — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• Second, there was no forewarning that Luck would retire.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 26 Aug. 2019
• In a forewarning of future purges, the NRC, too, became subject to political witch hunts.
  — Peter Schwartzstein, Smithsonian, 30 May 2018
• Overall ☆☆ 1/2 The kitchen is great at cooking seafood, but the service fell down in some instances and charging $80 for a single crab, without forewarning, is ridiculous.
  — Carla Meyer, sacbee, 18 May 2017
• Another forewarning: The theme is somewhat impractical, and more for the sake of showing off.
  — Brian X. Chen, WIRED, 20 Aug. 2009
• But if an exceedingly large storm were to strike again—as one very nearly did in 2012—the results could be severe, regardless of forewarnings.
  — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2019
• With no forewarning, the fatality rate for the province currently stands at about 4.5%.
  — Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 15 Mar. 2020
• My prediction is that this behavior is a forewarning of what’s to come in face-to-face conversations in the workplace, at the grocery store, in airports, and beyond.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 12 July 2022
• Blinken said Wednesday that the Biden administration had received no forewarning of the Haniyeh attack.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
• Tesla and Cruise provide forewarning of why this is necessary.
  — Steven E. Shladover, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2024
• Many Europeans count on Britain to check Trump’s worst impulses on the international stage — or at least to give them forewarning.
  — Kimberly Dozier / Aspen, Time, 23 July 2019
• Mexicans got a forewarning of the possible effect this week.
  — Azam Ahmed and Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2017
• Often, residents are given no or little forewarning by the police on imminent tear gas use, and as a result are caught unawares while at home, dining out, or just strolling the streets.
  — Mary Hui, Quartz, 8 Aug. 2019
• Apparently, this was unplanned, and Chloe had no forewarning.
  — Steve Watkins, star-telegram, 18 July 2017
• Fortunately, we’ve been given a little more forewarning this time around.
  — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• The new study suggests industries and people who rely on ionospheric systems could have forewarning of these bubbles.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 June 2023
• That forewarning has given rise to an intricate web of global deception.
  — Katherine Eban, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2019
• As in San Francisco, officials in cities like St. Louis were surprised to see hundreds of scooters suddenly perched on curbs without any forewarning.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 7 Sep. 2018
• But with no forewarning, residents around Paris — along with fans and players inside Roland Garros — expressed their fears of an explosion on social networks.
  — Jerome Pugmire, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• Detroit Tigers catcher Tucker Barnhart made sure to give a forewarning about his enthusiasm.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 Nov. 2021
• And then there’s a third explanation—that government programs designed to provide forewarning were eliminated by the Trump White House.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2020
• With no forewarning, no experience driving an EV, and virtually no guidance, what was supposed to be a restful trip upstate was anything but.
  — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 16 June 2023

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024