American English pronunciation
How to pronounce foreshadow
IPA transcription: [fɔɹ'ʃædoʊ]
Pronunciation variants: [fɔɹ'ʃædoʊ][fɚ'ʃædoʊ]
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Verb
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indicate by signs
“These signs bode bad news”
Usage examples
- However, foreshadowing only hints at a possible outcome within the confinement of a narrative.
- The song appears numerous times throughout the film as a motif for foreshadowing death.
- His lyrics foreshadow his death in songs like "Open Fire" and "Thug Style.
- He had three stints on the disabled list, foreshadowing his season.
- Here a psychic foreshadows that he will have many travels in the near future.
- They also foreshadowed a trend toward multi-media usage in an emergent, classy, holistic marketplace.
- But that incident proved to be a foreshadow of things to come.
- They also foreshadowed a trend toward multi-media usage in an emergent, classy, holistic marketplace.