How to Use preamble in a Sentence

preamble

noun
  • His early travels were just a preamble to his later adventures.
  • The rest were preambles or dead ends.
    — Dan Turello, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Enough of the preamble; let’s mock.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Without pause or preamble, silent as orbits, a piece of the sun went away.
    — Bethany Barnes, OregonLive.com, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Its preamble runs just 52 words.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Everything's fixed, and re-fixed, and fixed again in the preamble to the race.
    — Maya Singer, Vogue, 3 July 2018
  • The preamble The game had been simmering for a while.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • At present the party’s role is mentioned only in the preamble.
    — The Economist, 26 Feb. 2018
  • His show jumped right into the comedy, with no glitzy preamble.
    — Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The leaders read out the preamble to the constitution at the protest site.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Well, yes, but that may become just the preamble to the agency’s real story.
    — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Matt walks in, doesn’t do a little preamble, and gives roses to Michelle and Rachael.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Enough preamble from me; let’s get into his reporting.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
  • These are signs Texas anglers look for as preamble to the coming of the spring fishing season.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The easiest way to think about it, Jang says, is as a sort of permanent preamble to your queries.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 20 July 2023
  • June is the beginning of summer, a leisurely month, the preamble to the action.
    — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Then, without preamble, the story cuts off, leaving us in a cloud of unknowing.
    — Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2021
  • If that prediction comes true, then what befell the Northeast could look like mere preamble.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 July 2020
  • In many countries of the world the preamble makes clear that the constitution is based on religion.
    — Sean Illing, Vox, 18 Dec. 2018
  • Or a slightly shorter series that dispensed with the preamble, but gave the real meat of the story more room to breathe?
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
  • That's why the preamble of the Constitution says in order to form a more perfect union.
    — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The multi-episode buildup to the tape’s distribution is slow, but so full of dread that the long preamble is forgivable.
    — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
  • So with all that as a preamble, Sabreena, has the national team lived up to your expectations?
    — Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Jake was sent the demo without the preamble explaining the concept.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2020
  • For the entire preamble and final rule issued by CMS, click here.
    — Alan Gassman, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Carey will turn 50 next spring, so her holiday tour this season is just a preamble to what should be a big blowout to celebrate.
    — John Adamian, courant.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • But, as the pair acknowledge in the book’s preamble, García Márquez didn’t want the work to be released.
    — Pau Mosquera and Oscar Holland, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The Illinois budget and good policies are the catalyst to achieving the goals in the preamble.
    — Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
  • The piece spells out the opening words to the preamble of the US Constitution in shoelaces.
    — Michael B. Farrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2017
  • All of which is a strange preamble to this gracious Tudor house that’s for sale in Detroit’s Palmer Woods.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2021

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