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present participle and gerund of foreshadow examples
usually uncountable, plural foreshadowings
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story. quotations examples
As an experienced editor I disapprove of backflashes, foreshadowings and tricksy devices […]
2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton