How to Use prologue in a Sentence
prologue
noun-
But that's all prologue to what has changed about the Civic.
— Annie White, Car and Driver, 16 June 2021 -
But through Coogler and Cole’s purview, the past is prologue.
— Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2022 -
This was supposed to have been the prologue of his life.
— Rebecca Makkai, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2018 -
The past is prologue, but also the present — their present.
— Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021 -
So that was one of the larger tasks for us in that prologue.
— Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2023 -
Scary as that may sound, the past may have been merely the prologue.
— Vinit Patel, Fortune, 1 July 2022 -
The prologue was very much a tragedy and set up the world building for the series.
— Ollie Barder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022 -
The past is a prologue, something to treasure on the long road of life.
— Billboard China, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2023 -
Of course, the prologue to City’s title had dragged on for most of the season.
— Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2018 -
Khan wrote in the prologue to the highly readable book.
— Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 18 Sep. 2019 -
The prologue was both the hardest and the easiest part to write.
— Seija Rankin, EW.com, 22 July 2019 -
So if past is prologue, Gensler won't give Trump a chance to keep his word.
— Brady Dale, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024 -
Yet still for these CEOs, good and bad, the past is likely a prologue to the future.
— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024 -
The prologue to the opera had been an argument among the gods of Fortune, Virtue and Love.
— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024 -
To keep Putin in check is to remember the past as prologue.
— Douglas London, CNN, 11 Apr. 2022 -
All that aside, the only thing here is that after the prologue, the first episode may come out of left field.
— Ollie Barder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022 -
Whether the past is prologue, and what the past even means, will animate the contest.
— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024 -
Oh, and some scraps of story too, as seen in the prologue video below.
— Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 27 Apr. 2018 -
If past is prologue, that banker is going to be proven wrong in about 10 years.
— Anthony Effinger, Robb Report, 1 May 2021 -
While the prologue seems a little longer than most, the game does loosen some of the hand-holding as Mario goes along.
— Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024 -
And if past is prologue, that's bad news for McConnell.
— Chris Cillizza, CNN, 20 Oct. 2021 -
Its giveth-and-taketh-away vibe felt profound as a prologue.
— Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022 -
And that’s not counting the prologue, which adds nine years to the final tally.
— Joey Morona, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2022 -
In many ways, this story is the prologue to The Social Network.
— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2024 -
Colin Cairnes The whole style of that opening prologue is based on that.
— Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023 -
The first look contained a photo of what appears to be a prologue to the album.
— Lauren Huff, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024 -
The problem is, thanks to climate change, past is no longer prologue.
— Matt Alderton, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2020 -
The prologue introduces the listener to the concept that will guide the show.
— Esther Choy, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2022 -
The second Quiet Place arguably peaked with its apocalyptic prologue, so a whole movie set during that same time period is intriguing.
— A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2024 -
And if past is prologue, polls are underestimating Trump’s appeal.
— Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Sep. 2024
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