How to Use herald in a Sentence

herald

1 of 2 noun

• The early flowers are heralds of spring.
• Mercury was the herald of the Roman gods.
• Lucky for Dou Dou, of course, but what does this herald for the brand of Bond?
  — The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2021
• No cars were parked in front of the house by the time a Herald reporter arrived.
  — Patricia Mazzei, miamiherald, 22 May 2017
• Silver is a reflection of the age, a herald, not a prophet.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2012
• Still, Atwell thinks the author was a herald of social change.
  — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Apr. 2018
• Image To most people, the buds and sprouts of April are welcome heralds of spring.
  — Zach Montague, New York Times, 21 May 2018
• These were mostly front-line workers who were herald at the start of the pandemic.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2021
• Could our Universe have arisen from the death of a prior one, and could the death of our Universe herald the beginning of a new one?
  — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 21 May 2021
• As the celestial trailblazer you, Aries, are the herald of all that is fresh, fiery and progressive.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2020
• The nameless rock-thrower was the herald of a revolution.
  — New York Times, 8 July 2020
• The deeper dives, less related to pushing product, are the herald of his mature phrase.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2021
• The herald patch is the telltale sign that your rash could be PR, but there are other common (though not universal) symptoms as well.
  — Lauren Caruso, Allure, 17 Aug. 2021
• The image of her locking the gate in front of her store’s entrance was published on the front page of The Chronicle the next day, a herald of the pandemic’s toll on businesses.
  — Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2021
• At least Drake Bradshaw, in the small role of Godot’s young herald, is sweetly effective in both his appearances.
  — New York Times, 7 May 2021
• Taking over As befits such a dramatic ambition, the heralds of the IOT are fond of very big numbers.
  — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
• Indeed, weekday mornings and midafternoons in the city herald a choke of cars dropping off and picking up students.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2022
• One of the most conspicuous heralds is a bonny buttercup named the winter aconite.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
• For the purposes of Venom 2, Shriek can be a mutant but not necessarily a herald of X-Men to come.
  — James Grebey, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2021
• So why would any town want to honor such a pest with an expensive statue, let alone call it a herald of prosperity?
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
• And yet in both cases a Trump endorsement is hardly a herald of victory.
  — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2022
• Usually, the Virginia governor’s race is seen as a herald for what will happen in a midterm election a year later.
  — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2021
• So why would any town want to honor such a pest with an expensive statue, let alone call it a herald of prosperity?
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
• To date, having earned almost a hundred million dollars online, this proud herald of the streaming age is well on the way to finding its happy place.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 1 May 2020
• Hark the herald angels, Ellis finally listened and brought in younger players!
  — SI.com, 29 July 2019
• Müller’s success in a modern 4-2-3-1 formation was the herald of a new generation.
  — SI.com, 13 June 2018
• Capone was indicted and Chicago freed to argue that its fair wouldn’t be mobbed up or a casualty of the Depression, but a herald of better times.
  — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2022
• Between last week and this one, conference media days across the country herald the arrival of a new college football season.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2021
• Backed by a full band, Kenny channeled Patchy the Pirate and Taylor went for something more closely resembling a medieval town herald.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2023
• These first injections herald what many hope will be the eventual sunset of the almost year-old pandemic, which has wreaked health and economic havoc across the globe.
  — Youssef Rddad, NOLA.com, 26 Dec. 2020

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herald

2 of 2 verb

• Rain heralds the arrival of spring.
• The technology heralded a new age of space exploration.
• The project doesn’t herald a change in focus for his music.
  — Michael J. West, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
• And even with three new starters, the size of the unit was heralded among the biggest in the conference on the beef index.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2023
• The arrival of the K5 in New York City was heralded with not one, but two media events.
  — Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• Azaleas and a bank of daffodils heralding spring seen from the west-facing front door.
  — Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
• This isn’t the first time Lawrence has heralded the return of Bermuda shorts.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 May 2023
• But rather than heralding the start of an imposing run, the results have been patchy.
  — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
• Trumpets herald the arrival of the players at the arena.
  — Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
• Strcic, the least heralded of the three, has been a rock at the 6, as her defensive midfield spot is called.
  — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2023
• But what’s the festive season without Mariah Carey to herald it in?
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2023
• Gone are the days of a boom or bust mentality in the passing game for the UAB football team and a new staff is heralding a new era for the offense.
  — Evan Dudley, al, 10 July 2023
• Luckily for Baltimore, this class of prospects is heralded as one of the deepest in the draft.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2023
• The city’s residents are used to a blanket of smog that blots out the sky and heralds the arrival of the Hindu festival of Diwali.
  — Vibhuti Agarwal, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2023
• The series became a breakout hit for Netflix and heralded a true-crime boom on the service.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
• Bells herald the swivel of a wall of pixels that swings from side to side following the arm movement of the dancers, then rotates 360 degrees.
  — Catherine Tharin, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
• In the fall came the distant thud of explosions, heralding the approach of Ukrainian troops pushing to take back Kherson.
  — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• The votes heralded a change for VFX workers, who have become pivotal to many productions over the past few decades.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
• This usually heralds the end of a design trend, giving way for a new player.
  — Vicki Payne, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
• The fanfare of last season’s training camp heralded a new era in Denver.
  — Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• The end of summer often heralds new prices on fabulous homes across Dallas.
  — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
• It was largely panned by critics upon debut, but has since been heralded as ahead of its time.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2024
• Friday night’s attacks herald a new dark chapter for Putin, one that is deeply familiar to him.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
• Remedy’s shift to premium could be the bellwether that heralds the end — or at least slowing down — of the free-to-play trend that has the big publishers in a vice grip right now.
  — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 13 Nov. 2023
• Dressed in a stunning, shiny red gown, Campbell showed exactly why she is heralded as one of the first supermodels with each pose in the short clip.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 25 Aug. 2023
• But with Trump, at least for now, lapping the field, the election could herald the moment for the ideas so long promoted by Arnn and his Hillsdale-Claremont comrades.
  — Danny Hakim, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
• Stretching more than 600 miles along the Mediterranean, the country’s southwest shore has long been heralded for its beauty, attracting tourists from around the world.
  — Nell Lewis, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
• Players rolled through the crowd on double-decker buses, DJs and drummers heralding their arrival.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
• The arrival of a baby in 2016 was heralded as a miracle, with elderly well-wishers hobbling to the infant’s house to hold him.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 4 July 2023
• Yamamoto’s brand is one of the few heralded by the archival fashion movement whose revival hasn’t been propped up by appearances on the red carpet.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024