Definition of foreshadowing
plural foreshadowings
: an indication of what is to come
- If the history of the world were a novel, the events so strikingly chronicled in the photographs in this book … would seem a foreshadowing of the recent events …
- —Ralph Novak
- On this merry Christmas evening, however, no fears or dim foreshadowings of any coming event clouded our hearts or faces.
- —Lucy Maud Montgomery
- And, further, Rose is a genuine cliff-hanger, or page-turner, full of foreshadowing … and all the tried and tricky methods of creating suspense.
- —John Simon
