How to Use foretell in a Sentence

foretell

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• We cannot foretell the future.
• And the outcome of this case may not foretell the future.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2018
• But the stars do foretell some bright spots in your kitchen’s future.
  — Catherine Urban, Bon Appétit, 1 Apr. 2020
• The vision of a phantom black dog foretells death in many parts of Great Britain.
  — Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 27 Oct. 2017
• The festival got off to a rough start this year and may have proved foretelling.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• That the loss of a king could be foretold by the loss of the very light in the sky made a certain kind of 12th century sense.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 18 Aug. 2017
• Astrologers kept a careful watch on the sky for any change that might foretell doom.
  — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2020
• Schwartz and Raquel kiss, as has been foretold by the gossip press, at Scheana’s wedding.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 20 Mar. 2023
• And there was one incident that foretold what was to come.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2018
• The inscription seems to foretell the return of a Scottish ruler.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2023
• In the short term, the plan would appear to foretell a significant step back in the standings.
  — Rustin Dodd, kansascity, 18 Feb. 2018
• As foretold in the ritual, she had been beheaded by the force of the landslide.
  — Carlo Gabuco, National Geographic, 9 Apr. 2019
• Democrats feared early on that a handful of Senate races foretold a night of gloom.
  — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 7 Nov. 2018
• And the loss of prominent starters to injuries foretells perhaps more gloom to come.
  — Zach Schonbrun, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2017
• The future foretold for Cersei by Maggy the Frog seems to have been fulfilled.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 14 July 2017
• But don’t believe there’s some magic way a poll can foretell the future.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• There were signs, at first, that Clinton’s sanguine stance had been foretelling.
  — Siva Vaidhyanathan, Wired, 27 Dec. 2019
• But in the book there’s a section of Maggy’s prophecy that foretells Cersei’s death as well.
  — Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 27 May 2017
• So what does the oracle of Milan foretell for spring 2018?
  — Matt Sebra, GQ, 19 Mar. 2018
• Inevitably, the balance sheet foretold the coming storm.
  — Steve H. Hanke and John Greenwood, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2018
• No one can force it, foretell the wheel’s whim, the risk of the course, collapse of the cards, the horrible thumping of dice in the leather, the doom intrinsic in this havoc of bone.
  — Richard O'Connell, National Review, 1 Oct. 2020
• Who, in 2011, knew that a fake clip-show episode of Community would foretell a future that would take place in years to come?
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2022
• Bad soups foretell bad things: The canny reader knew the Red Wedding would go bad long before the swords came out, thanks to that thin leek soup the Freys served.
  — Jacob Mikanowski, Slate Magazine, 5 July 2017
• But Jobs’ success doesn’t foretell the same outcome for others.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2023
• Signs point to a surge in Europe, which could foretell another winter wave in the United States.
  — James Bikales, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022
• For Krasner, who spent his own life among those accused of crime, this was a reckoning foretold.
  — Christine M. Flowers, Philly.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• Volatility, again, is stressful but does not foretell the doom of bitcoin.
  — Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 22 June 2021
• The buyback rush could foretell tough times for shareholders as well as slowing GDP.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2020
• The summer that almost drove Antonio Conte to a clinic, and foretold the end of his Blues career.
  — SI.com, 10 Aug. 2019
• And the death toll in Vietnam, which has been creeping upward in a series of projections since the start of the play, foretells even greater disaster.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024