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Harbinger is an English word with synonyms like herald or forerunner. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Harbinger in a sentence

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Harbinger meaning

  1. A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
  2. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when travelling, to provide and prepare lodgings.

Synonyms of Harbinger

Using Harbinger

  • The main meaning on this page is: A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something. | One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when travelling, to provide and prepare lodgings.
  • Useful related words include: herald, forerunner, precursor, indication.
  • In the example corpus, harbinger often appears in combinations such as: harbinger of, the harbinger, was harbinger.

Context around Harbinger

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Harbinger

  • In this selection, "harbinger" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, tank, potential, traditional, provides, runs and clancy stand out and add context to how "harbinger" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a potential harbinger of gop and a tank harbinger provides defense. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "harbinger" sits close to words such as abang, abetting and accented, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with harbinger

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

But the episode was a harbinger of escalating animosity at the Capitol. (12 words)

Good luck to them – since they’re supposed to be a harbinger of our future! (15 words)

It’s a traditional harbinger of layoffs, though something about this market feels a bit different. (16 words)

The official storyline has previously confirmed that this Harbinger runs the House of Hearts orphanage, and she comes from the Hydro nation which is probably the reason why HoYoverse decided to make her one of the main villains of this Archon Quest. (42 words)

After claiming at last week’s press conference that a stock market dip was a harbinger of a coming depression, Trump took credit on Thursday for the rebound that had the Dow Jones Industrial Average end the day gaining another 555 points. (42 words)

She has mindfully opted out of the instant messaging dance; one in which the urgency of a text rivals that of a person knocking at your front door, and a delayed or unreturned reply is a harbinger of modern-day catastrophe. (41 words)

Good luck to them – since they’re supposed to be a harbinger of our future! (15 words)

That's not all as Askil will be the first opportunity to catch a glimpse of The Unforgiven, the legendary enemies of the Harbinger bloodline! (25 words)

Example sentences (20)

Harbinger - For players who want to soak up damage as a tank, Harbinger provides defense and shield bonuses.

Doocy's analysis centered on the recent victories for Democrats in Tuesday's election, particularly for the domain of abortion rights, and he described these outcomes as a potential 'harbinger' of GOP struggles to come.

Good luck to them – since they’re supposed to be a harbinger of our future!

In China, which is the apparent role model for all of this, digital currency is already being coupled with the social credit system, and this is the harbinger of what the world’s dystopic future might look like.

It’s a traditional harbinger of layoffs, though something about this market feels a bit different.

Our historical illiteracy is not merely an educational shortfall, it is a harbinger of cultural collapse.

She has mindfully opted out of the instant messaging dance; one in which the urgency of a text rivals that of a person knocking at your front door, and a delayed or unreturned reply is a harbinger of modern-day catastrophe.

The heat wave is “a harbinger of things to come given that the most reliable projected impacts of climate change are those that are directly related to the increase in global temperatures,” Jacob said.

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Then the PPI (Producer Price Index) showed up with a negative number for October (-0.5%), and this is generally a harbinger of what is to come in future CPI readings.

The official storyline has previously confirmed that this Harbinger runs the House of Hearts orphanage, and she comes from the Hydro nation which is probably the reason why HoYoverse decided to make her one of the main villains of this Archon Quest.

The trailer features the Harbinger (Clancy Brown) declaring that failure to meet for the duel on time will be punished via execution.

While the Rhine still has some cushion before becoming a full-blown crisis, the parched conditions are a harbinger of what could happen — again.

After claiming at last week’s press conference that a stock market dip was a harbinger of a coming depression, Trump took credit on Thursday for the rebound that had the Dow Jones Industrial Average end the day gaining another 555 points.

At least once a week, I swing by The Harbinger for a Cha Cha Cha Chia Bar (cinnamon, ginger and apricot-spiced oat bar) and iced maple latte.

But it was a harbinger of slightly less offensive provocations to come, and proof positive that "Seinfeld" would flit around the boundaries of bad taste for the rest of its run.

But the episode was a harbinger of escalating animosity at the Capitol.

In another possible harbinger of a swap, Olga Karlova, a lawyer for Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine serving 16 years in Russia on espionage charges he denies, said she could not confirm his whereabouts.

One can see this aesthetic in the street art in Ukraine—a harbinger, perhaps, of buildings to come.

So its decision to delay its full earnings report this week left Wall Street without a harbinger of how the end of the year might play out.

That's not all as Askil will be the first opportunity to catch a glimpse of The Unforgiven, the legendary enemies of the Harbinger bloodline!

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Common combinations with harbinger

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "harbinger" in a sentence?
An example: "Harbinger - For players who want to soak up damage as a tank, Harbinger provides defense and shield bonuses." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "harbinger" from authentic English texts.
What does "harbinger" mean?
Harbinger means: A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
What are synonyms of "harbinger"?
Common synonyms of "harbinger" include: herald, forerunner, precursor, indication, indicant, announce, annunciate, foretell. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "harbinger" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "harbinger", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.