How to Use foreshadowing in a Sentence

foreshadowing

noun

• This doesn’t mean anything right now, but trust me, the foreshadowing is great.
  — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 31 July 2020
• This is a foreshadowing of what can happen in other forms down the line.
  — Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2020
• That was probably apt enough foreshadowing for what was to come.
  — Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 28 Mar. 2026
• This season there was more foreshadowing of who the killers were than there has been in other seasons.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
• Try not to think of this song as a hype morsel, or a discourse starter, or an aesthetic foreshadowing.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
• This hand off was a foreshadowing of the Browns’ run game Sunday night.
  — cleveland, 29 Nov. 2021
• An Easter egg to me is more of a wink to the fans or narrative foreshadowing in some kind of way.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
• The pic opened well ahead of expectations in a foreshadowing of better days to come.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2024
• Could this be a foreshadowing of how the Opening Day lineup might look?
  — Katie Woo, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
• Marlowe inquires, with more than a hint of ominous foreshadowing.
  — Erik Morse, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2023
• What an apt bit of foreshadowing, because after a relaxed night, the next morning is all about the weather.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2021
• His comments contained a bit of foreshadowing.
  — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
• Halloween night blowout of Missouri was some sort of football foreshadowing.
  — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Nov. 2020
• The road to disappointment starts with three wins but ominous foreshadowing.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2022
• And some, with a bleak foreshadowing of what was to come, had written their names and the phone numbers of family members – on their chests.
  — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
• What happened with Jon Rahm in golf over the weekend, could be a foreshadowing of Tokyo.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 June 2021
• The narrative told in his recent form was the world’s most obvious foreshadowing.
  — Gabby Herzig, The Athletic, 14 Apr. 2024
• If the Rams lose a playoff game on a special teams mistake, the foreshadowing has been extensive.
  — Greg Beacham, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
• Still, the future couple did leave that initial night in the park with a foreshadowing (and fun-loving) memento.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2023
• In a possible foreshadowing of the teenage years to come, Timberlake and his boys zoned out while playing video games.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
• But there’s this underlying complexity that is just such a great foreshadowing for what’s to come.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
• Others point to the foreshadowing in the series’ first episode, when John kills a horse, which many believe symbolizes the land.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 29 Nov. 2022
• His first 18 months with the association proved to be a foreshadowing of his tenure.
  — Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2022
• The thought of our freedom to get outside and mingle being suppressed has a foreshadowing of doom that has smothered the enchantment of snow days.
  — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
• Some recipients responded to the texts with anger and others with a sense of humor, but many agree that the messages seem to be a bleak foreshadowing.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
• Vance Joseph provided a bit of foreshadowing earlier this month.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
• Childhood is the land of memory and possibility; the past is the shadow and foreshadowing of the present.
  — The New York Times Magazine, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
• His explicit foreshadowing is certainly intended to put the minds of Democrats at rest.
  — Noah Feldman Bloomberg Opinion (tns), Star Tribune, 11 Nov. 2020
• Think of it as the internet’s version of dramatic foreshadowing.
  — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
• Many Redditors note the show’s foreshadowing of Jamie’s ascent.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 29 Nov. 2022