How to Use foretell in a Sentence

foretell

verb

• 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
• That leads to a 10-minute sequence that foretells each character’s fate for the rest of the movie.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024
• 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
• But making the drink would prove to be the easiest task, as Green had foretold.
  — Jeff Gordinier, Esquire, 20 Apr. 2017
• 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
• The murder of Rasputin, the czar’s close advisor, by the hands of his nephew and cousin foretold of the political chaos to come.
  — Carolyn Harris, Smithsonian, 30 Jan. 2017
• 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
• And in a year of key elections in both Europe and the United States, the farmer uprising may foretell a sharp right shift.
  — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
• 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
• The inversion had been wrong only once, in the mid-1960s, and has foretold every retrenchment since.
  — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 24 July 2024
• The text and call were two signs that foretold the chaos and violence to come, as officials say the teenager used an assault-style rifle to kill four people – two teachers and two students – before surrendering to police.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024