flash-forward

noun

flash-for·ward ˈflash-ˈfȯr-wərd

: interruption of chronological sequence (as in a film or novel) by interjection of events of future occurrence

also : an instance of flash-forward

flash forward intransitive verb

Examples of flash-forward in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Though a flash-forward sequence at the end of The Middle‘s May 2018 series finale revealed that Sue eventually marries next-door neighbor Sean, the spinoff was set long before their big day, leaving Sue single and ready to (awkwardly) mingle. —

Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 16 July 2024 The episode also included a great flash-forward story for Kate (Evangeline Lilly), whose empathy for kid Ben was an immediate result of leaving Aaron behind to come back to the island. —

Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 5 July 2024 Every character is their own mystery box, pried open gradually through flashbacks (and flash-forwards, and another, polarizing, form of departure from the island that came to be known as flash-sideways). —

Judy Berman, TIME, 3 July 2024 In the flash-forward scenes, according to the timeline, those would’ve been late 2020. —

Kate Aurthur, Variety, 20 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for flash-forward

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