foreshadow
to be a warning or indication of a future event
Word origin: From Old English fore, before, plus shadow.
Foreshadow in a sentence
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The ominous thunderclouds in the opening chapter foreshadow the tragedy that follows.
The opening chapter's ominous weather is meant to foreshadow the calamity that befalls the family.
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Verbal · Text Completion
The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.
Using “foreshadow” well
Foreshadow means to give an advance sign or hint of something to come, and is especially common in discussing literature. It is neutral in tone, indicating rather than causing the future event.
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inclined to form rival groups and provoke internal dissent
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