presaged in English

verb

1

(of an event) be a sign or warning that (something, typically something bad) will happen.

the outcome of the game presaged the coming year

synonyms: portend, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy, be an omen of, herald, be a sign of, be the harbinger of, warn of, be a presage of, signal, bode, promise, threaten, betoken, foretoken, forebode

verb

• portend, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy, be an omen of, herald, be a sign of, be the harbinger of, warn of, be a presage of, signal, bode, promise, threaten, betoken, foretoken, forebode
• prognosticate, betoken, omen, forecast, foretell, portend, foreshadow, bode, augur, prefigure, predict, auspicate

Use "presaged" in a sentence

1. Nothing had presaged the dreadful fate about to Befall him

2. 3 Nothing had presaged the dreadful fate about to befall him.

3. Yet the Josephite victory presaged no broader attempt to circumscribe royal power.

4. It turned out, that Einsteins'thinking, somehow presaged this thinking about the structure of the brain.

5. The phone call to Mr. Schwartz capped a helter-skelter week -- and presaged another 10 days of chaos.

6. But in fact they may actually have presaged that the contemporary presidency and electoral process were beginning to disintegrate.

7. 12 The inauguration of the new astronomer royal presaged a drastic reversal of fortune for John Harrison, whom Halley had always admired.

8. 14 The inauguration of the new astronomer royal presaged a drastic reversal of fortune for John Harrison, whom Halley had always admired.

9. Groundbreaking in its use of special effects and science fiction/fantasy storytelling, the film's legacy presaged the mainstream popularity of Hollywood's superhero film franchises.

10. These stories tell of how the Han Dynasty’s (206 B.C-422 A.D) end was presaged by the mystical Yellow Turban Rebellion or of how the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), China’s last, ran afoul of the equally mystical White Lotus and then the Boxer Rebellions.

11. Breakdowns is a collected volume of underground comic strips by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman.The book is made up of strips dating to before Spiegelman started planning his graphic novel Maus, but includes the strip "Maus" which presaged the graphic novel, and "Prisoner on the Hell Planet" which is reproduced in Maus.The original edition of 1977 is subtitled From Maus to Now; the expanded