Foreshadowing is an English word with synonyms like prophetic or prophetical. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Foreshadowing in a sentence
Related words
Foreshadowing meaning
Synonym of foreshadow (“a suggestion of something in advance”); specifically (usually uncountable, literature, narratology), a literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
Synonyms of Foreshadowing
Using Foreshadowing
- The main meaning on this page is: Synonym of foreshadow (“a suggestion of something in advance”); specifically (usually uncountable, literature, narratology), a literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
- Useful related words include: adumbrative, prefigurative, prophetic, prophetical.
- In the example corpus, foreshadowing often appears in combinations such as: foreshadowing the, foreshadowing of, be foreshadowing.
Context around Foreshadowing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foreshadowing
- In this selection, "foreshadowing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, subtle, visual, further, brilliance, hard and considering stand out and add context to how "foreshadowing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a weird foreshadowing of the and as a foreshadowing of desoto. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foreshadowing" sits close to words such as abdulaziz, abortive and acacia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foreshadowing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Moscow is already foreshadowing its plans. (6 words)
That visual foreshadowing in “Last Wish” isn’t limited to such direct comparison shots, though. (15 words)
It all helps ramp up the tension, foreshadowing the tragedy that fans know is coming. (15 words)
It's maybe not the deftest or subtle foreshadowing of the character's twisted turn to come, but it does adequately set the scene for his impending breakdown and the chaotic tale ahead while playfully engaging with one of the film's major themes. (44 words)
By the Talmudic period, the pig has become so basted with symbolism that rabbis refer to it only via euphemism – “,” or “the other thing” (a weird foreshadowing of the late 20th century marketing of pork as “the other white meat”). (40 words)
If he were cast in an 80s film, it would require him to pull the reins back for the first half and rely more on charm and charisma, with just a hint of instability that leads to foreshadowing. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
This story by Tom Clancy could be a foreshadowing for “Stranger Things” season three’s plot or at least foreshadowing for references they will make in the episodes.
It's maybe not the deftest or subtle foreshadowing of the character's twisted turn to come, but it does adequately set the scene for his impending breakdown and the chaotic tale ahead while playfully engaging with one of the film's major themes.
Moscow is already foreshadowing its plans.
That visual foreshadowing in “Last Wish” isn’t limited to such direct comparison shots, though.
All in all, New York sports teams have been brilliant over the years while also foreshadowing brilliance to come.
At this point, Alicent has already given Viserys the son he so desperately wanted—further foreshadowing the battle over the Iron Throne to come.
By the Talmudic period, the pig has become so basted with symbolism that rabbis refer to it only via euphemism – “,” or “the other thing” (a weird foreshadowing of the late 20th century marketing of pork as “the other white meat”).
It's not clear exactly how much this factory pause cost the automaker, but it served as a foreshadowing of DeSoto's downfall.
It was also around this time that VW began work on a more radical design, one that would end up foreshadowing the future path of the model.
It was sort of foreshadowed at the top of the season, which opens with the back of Deb and the Caesar statue in Vegas foreshadowing this backstabbing.
Some writers consider the Haber–Bosch process to be "the most important industrial process" of modern history, foreshadowing among other inventions the airplane, nuclear energy or the television.
That sounds like foreshadowing to us, so let’s talk about what diagnosis could explain Hope’s Finn obsession.
This is supported by the fact that Hajrudin claimed that a Giant with a Logia would be unstoppable, and perhaps that was sly foreshadowing from Oda pertaining to Loki himself.
WWE was clearly foreshadowing what’s to come at WrestleMania 40, and it feels like a mere formality at this point that The Man will win the women’s Elimination Chamber match in Australia.
After he’s born, we quickly find out that he enjoys binding and torture any animals that might be wandering the neighborhood, foreshadowing the kinds of bloodshed he’ll achieve later on as an adult.
He took credit for getting U.S. allies to contribute more to alliance burden sharing, foreshadowing hard bargaining over the terms of the U.S. presence in allied countries.
If he were cast in an 80s film, it would require him to pull the reins back for the first half and rely more on charm and charisma, with just a hint of instability that leads to foreshadowing.
It all helps ramp up the tension, foreshadowing the tragedy that fans know is coming.
Seeing Black Beard for the first time was such a mind-blowing foreshadowing, considering no one expected him to be the maniacal villain we see today.
The Belgian region of Wallonia has vowed to block an trade deal with South America, foreshadowing the kind of barriers Britain will face as it tries to secure a quick agreement with the bloc.
Common combinations with foreshadowing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- foreshadowing the 10×
- foreshadowing of 7×
- be foreshadowing 4×
- as foreshadowing 4×
- the foreshadowing 4×
- foreshadowing his 4×
- foreshadowing for 3×
- is foreshadowing 3×
- and foreshadowing 3×
- foreshadowing to 2×