How to Use forerunner in a Sentence

forerunner

noun
  • I had that strange feeling that's the forerunner of a cold.
  • And these projects may just be the forerunners.
    — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But were there no forerunners, no hints of what was just about to come?
    — Tom Shippey, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Google is desperate not to make the same mistakes as its forerunner.
    — Gerrit De Vynck, Bloomberg.com, 31 Oct. 2020
  • These were the forerunners of today’s robots.
    — Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Sauropodomorphs were an evolutionary forerunner to a group called sauropods known for long necks and tails and four pillar-like legs.
    — Reuters, CNN, 22 Oct. 2021
  • It has been said that Nomad was the forerunner of all modern station wagons.
    — David Krumboltz, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
  • But at the time, the Magic were considered the forerunners of the top-gunners.
    — Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 June 2018
  • The Legge family crest, a forerunner to the Stars and Stripes flag.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 June 2022
  • That was the precursor, the forerunner for tutoring in the public school.
    — Barnett Wright, al, 17 Jan. 2022
  • This summer, the forerunner for the It Shoe is the rather unexpected mesh flat.
    — Kevin Leblanc, ELLE, 13 June 2023
  • First came a forerunner of the saw in 1928, which looks remarkably like today’s product.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The Wolf Prize is considered one of the forerunners to a Nobel Prize.
    — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2020
  • According to Hall, Minute Man was a forerunner in a number of fast-food concepts.
    — Mike Keckhaver), arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Also like its forerunner, HBO’s latest ends each episode at a moment of peak tension.
    — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Here is a look at some of the most likely forerunners to serve as the 267th pope, according to public reporting.
    — Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Although Oberon did not win, decades later she would be acknowledged as a forerunner among South Asian actors.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Hungary’s incoming premier today showed investors how austere he is compared to his forerunner.
    — Jonathan Tirone, Bloomberg, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The primacy of a central meeting space can be traced to the Greek Empire with the agora, among other forerunners.
    — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Their first restaurant, City Cafe, opened in 1981, was a forerunner in global-minded menus.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Sheila Bridges also comes to mind as such a forerunner for our community, embracing the beauty of our heritage and culture.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The forerunner in this event since his world championship title in 2017, Warholm now has an Olympic medal to show for his efforts.
    — Rebecca Saunders, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Under his rule, the Cheka, the forerunner of the KGB, was responsible for a wave of terror.
    — Vanessa Gera, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Half of those tested had osteoporosis or a forerunner condition, osteopenia.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The brand was also a forerunner with exclusive collaborations.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
  • When the 40-year-old took to the Birds of Prey course Wednesday as a forerunner on the first day of downhill training, everything felt right in her world.
    — The Vail Daily, The Denver Post, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The store was an early membership-only store, a forerunner to Costco and Sam's Club, that closed in 1971.
    — Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Radio public affairs broadcasting is seen as a forerunner to television public affairs programming.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
  • Over 1,400 soldiers will take part in the review, which is a forerunner to the Trooping the Colour parade that takes place the following weekend.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Perfected by forerunners such as Fiona Apple and Alanis Morissette, this fall has already seen two music stars gift us with lay-it-all-out-there lyrics.
    — Dan Heching, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025

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