verb
- to give a hint or indication of something that will happen in the future
Usage: past tense and past participle of foreshadow
Examples
- The dark clouds foreshadowed the coming storm.
- Her early struggles foreshadowed the challenges she would face later in life.
- The author foreshadowed the tragic ending in the opening chapter.
- Economic indicators had foreshadowed the recession months earlier.
- The character’s nervous behavior foreshadowed his eventual betrayal.
- Rising tensions between the countries foreshadowed the conflict that followed.