How to Use presage in a Sentence

presage

1 of 2 noun
  • I had a nagging presage that the results of my medical tests would not be good.
  • As the ending of the story perhaps presages, Martha is on the cusp of a change in her life.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
  • But does the current bout of brightening presage Betelgeuse blowing its top?
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 15 May 2023
  • Signs warning drivers to signal their presence with a honk presage two bends in the narrow pass, which is wide enough for about one and a half cars.
    — Ben Brazil, latimes.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Does President Orlean’s violent death presage that life on the new planet is doomed?
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 28 Dec. 2021
  • For Swain, the rise of directs presages nothing less than a revolution in the world’s financial markets.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
  • This combination presages what could be big performance and battery life improvements, along with some intriguing new ways of working.
    — Michael J. Miller, PCMAG, 21 May 2024
  • The ominous warning presages the societal problems that ensue when consanguinity is widespread.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Lowery is sharp in his attunement to the anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim violence of the Bush years, which now look like a presage of Trumpism.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Later on, jagged orchestral accents punctuate clattering and pounding percussion parts, and big brassy climaxes presage ghostly slides in the violins.
    — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The surge in mixed families presages a more fluid picture than the vision of a minority-white country divided by rigid racial categories with competing cultures and interests.
    — Richard Alba, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Whether the Hallaq demonstrations, the economic malaise in the Palestinian territories, and the looming prospect of annexation presage a wider upsurge in protest remains to be seen.
    — Tareq Baconi, The New York Review of Books, 2 July 2020
  • The New Moon in Virgo, which occurs shortly after Mercury turns direct, presages really big beginnings throughout the zodiac.
    — Jennifer Culp, Them, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Sometimes, the departure of an underperforming executive or official presages improvements ahead.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

presage

2 of 2 verb
  • Many investors are worried that the current slowdown could presage another recession.
  • Trump’s threat of fire and fury could presage violence.
    — Francisco Rodríguez, Foreign Affairs, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Years of turmoil presaged the takeover.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2026
  • His first bitter taste of the majors presaged many more setbacks to come.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Some even said the brief rebellion presaged the start of the post-Putin era.
    — Paul Sonne, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • But for the rest, there are some intriguing changes that could presage real success.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The vivid, retro suns fit into a multitude of kitchen color schemes and presage warmer days to come.
    — Courtney Lichterman, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Do Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua presage the dawn of human cloning?
    — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2019
  • That presaged the rise of stage-diving and crowd-surfing, long staples of rock shows, in hip-hop.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • And nothing in her life presaged the troubles that would befall her years later.
    — Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 23 June 2017
  • Ye’s apologies have seemed to either presage or follow the release of new music.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The event presaged some now-standard aspects of show production.
    — Bridget Foley, Town & Country, 26 Apr. 2023
  • But too much supply could presage a return of heavy incentives and lower profits.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The images and movie of Zeta And presage many more stellar visions soon to come.
    — Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2017
  • The images and movie of Zeta And presage many more stellar visions soon to come.
    — Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2017
  • Andy Cohen was lost to the wormhole, presaging more losses to come.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 May 2026
  • His triumph in Berlin seemed to presage a dominant Olympic career.
    — Frank Litsky, New York Times, 5 May 2017
  • Efforts in the rural Midwest could presage what happens near Texas.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2021
  • For long hours Monday, gray clouds seemed to presage rain, and the damp air seemed to enhance the sultry sense of tropic life.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 July 2023
  • The call for more guidance might presage more changes to the best practices governing the legal industry.
    — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The governor already presaged such a challenge in his veto message on the bill.
    — Austin Horn Lexington Herald-Leader (tns), al, 28 July 2023
  • In every other way, the test drive presaged vastly more pleasant workdays for truckers.
    — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 13 May 2023
  • It was delayed during the second set because of thunder and lightning that presaged a downpour.
    — Howard Fendrich, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Ghostly images of a hippo skeleton as Pepe contemplates the loss of his father presage his own death.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Millions are affected by it, if only by the invisible cool breezes that presage the fog’s arrival.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The shootouts and battle scenes delight the young Scouts (and presage other scenes in later Spielberg greats).
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 7 Feb. 2023
  • One phenomenon that often flies under the radar is that takeovers of this sort tend to presage a slowdown in oil-production growth.
    — Kevin Crowley, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
  • As the area digs out, some were questioning whether the storm presages a future of increasing bouts of severe winter storms in this area of pine trees and lakes.
    — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The paint itself ranges from thick impasto to thin washes that can presage those of Color Field paintings.
    — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 27 July 2023
  • Kennedy reflects on the legacy of Hitler and presages the future of the United Nations.
    — Free Press News Services, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2017

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