foretokened

Found on his person was a letter to his sweetheart, the wording of which foretokened exactly the manner of his death.

Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

Found on his person was a letter to his sweetheart, the wording of which foretokened exactly the manner of his death.

Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

It was long, very long, since she had seen her with that look of happy anticipation in her face -- never since the good days at Lilac Lodge, before she had quarrelled so irrevocably with her husband -- and the maid wondered whether it foretokened a reconciliation.

The Splendid Folly Margaret Pedler

When Mrs. Blewett smiled, it foretokened trouble, and wise people had learned to have sudden business else -

Chronicles of Avonlea Lucy Maud 1912

Away to the east a shimmering silveryness beneath a palace of aerial cloud foretokened moonrise.

The Story Girl Lucy Maud 1911

” The certainty of their ultimate “Illumination, ” or Buddhaship, was always foretokened by certain presages.

The Story of Sumedha. I. The Buddha. Translated from the Introduction to the Jtaka (i. 31). 1909

When Mrs. Blewett smiled it foretokened trouble, and wise people had learned to have sudden business elsewhere before the smile could be translated into words.

Chronicles of Avonlea 1908

Away to the east a shimmering silveryness beneath a palace of aerial cloud foretokened moonrise.

The Story Girl 1908

Miss Corona was sure there was another meaning in it too; she believed it foretokened some change in her own life, some rejuvenescence of love and beauty like to that of the ancient rose-tree.

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 1908

The priest assures Phormion that the entrails of the victim foretokened every possible favor in future athletic contests -- and this, and his insinuating smile, win him a silver drachma to supplement his share of the lamb.

A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life William Stearns Davis 1903