How to Use preamble in a Sentence

preamble

noun

• His early travels were just a preamble to his later adventures.
• The preamble to the U.S. Constitution begins by saying “We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, …”.
• The leaders read out the preamble to the constitution at the protest site.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2019
• Everything's fixed, and re-fixed, and fixed again in the preamble to the race.
  — Maya Singer, Vogue, 3 July 2018
• Without pause or preamble, silent as orbits, a piece of the sun went away.
  — Bethany Barnes, OregonLive.com, 21 Aug. 2017
• At present the party’s role is mentioned only in the preamble.
  — The Economist, 26 Feb. 2018
• June is the beginning of summer, a leisurely month, the preamble to the action.
  — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• In many countries of the world the preamble makes clear that the constitution is based on religion.
  — Sean Illing, Vox, 18 Dec. 2018
• Jake was sent the demo without the preamble explaining the concept.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2020
• Many lists of AI Ethics will start with a preamble that sets the stage for why the list is needed.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
• These are signs Texas anglers look for as preamble to the coming of the spring fishing season.
  — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
• The piece spells out the opening words to the preamble of the US Constitution in shoelaces.
  — Michael B. Farrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2017
• That's why the preamble of the Constitution says in order to form a more perfect union.
  — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2020
• The killing occurs a bit past the middle of the book and governs its trajectory: an edenic preamble followed by a long fall.
  — Lucy Sante, The New York Review of Books, 9 Nov. 2022
• The preamble was that the working titles of the songs were what the songs needed to accomplish in relationship to the character.
  — Nekesa Mumbi Moody, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2022
• There was no grand preamble to how this obsession started.
  — David Makepeace, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2017
• The easiest way to think about it, Jang says, is as a sort of permanent preamble to your queries.
  — David Pierce, The Verge, 20 July 2023
• The multi-episode buildup to the tape’s distribution is slow, but so full of dread that the long preamble is forgivable.
  — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
• Matt walks in, doesn’t do a little preamble, and gives roses to Michelle and Rachael.
  — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2021
• Then, without preamble, the story cuts off, leaving us in a cloud of unknowing.
  — Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2021
• If that prediction comes true, then what befell the Northeast could look like mere preamble.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 July 2020
• But too long a preamble distracts your audience (even an audience of one) from the main message.
  — Anne Fisher, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2020
• One involves clarifying in the preamble the use of the male pronoun to represent all people, not just men.
  — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 24 May 2021
• The current constitution mentions the leading role of the party only in its preamble.
  — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
• But all of the preamble is maybe relatable but, hopefully, the conclusion that the speaker comes to and the song is also relatable.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2023
• Ghani’s office rebutted the claim, saying the two sides agreed on ground rules but continued to debate wording in the preamble.
  — Susannah George, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
• These were mere preamble to his far move eventful inability to get things done as president.
  — Ted Genoways, New Republic, 19 Sep. 2017
• The most mundane exchange, these days, demands some texty preamble.
  — SI.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• And lo, the Bachelor does at last reveal all — though not without an ominous preamble.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2022
• Starting our drive outside of a city meant there was no preamble: I was flung into the car chase mid-scene, already in hot pursuit.
  — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Apr 2024