Then Alexandrus builds his ships at Aphrodite's suggestion, and Helenus foretellsthe future to him, and Aphrodite order Aeneas to sail with him, while Cassandra prophesies as to what will happen afterwards.
The incident of the serpent and the sparrows [3002] takes place before them, and Calchas foretells what is going to befall.
As the barometer foretells the storm While still the skies are clear, the weather warm, So something in us, as old age draws near, Betrays the pressure of the atmosphere.
And oft the blessed time foretells When all men shall be free; And musical, as silver bells, Their falling chains shall be.
He foretellsthe near approach of His own death and glorification; gives the new commandment of Christian charity, and predicts the triple denial by Peter.
He upbraids them for their incredulity, and foretells His own crucifixion.
Christ (at the temple) foretells the near approach of His passion, and a voice from heaven is heard.
Thus, after curing the centurion's servant, He foretells the vocation of the Gentiles (Matt.
Taken literally, it foretellsthe same good future for His chosen but long-chastised people, the Jews.
In a sense the Sword of the Spirit, will slay them; it foretells their destruction.
It foretells the early re- peopling of the nations of Christendom, their conversion to true Christianity, and the reason for God's action in behalf of the nations just previously destroyed.
A variety of this superstition is, that, if the Spider be white, it foretells the acquaintance of a friend; and if black, an enemy.
If a Butterfly alights upon your head, itforetells good news from a distance.
If a caterpillar spins its cocoon in a house, it foretells its desolation by death; if in your clothes, it warns you you will wear a shroud before the year is out.
Aristotle tells us that the soul, when on the point of death, foretellsthings about to happen.
And by his hollow whistling in the leaves Foretells a tempest, and a blustering day.
Thus the prophet Joel foretells the vengeance which God would take on Tyre and Sidon and Philistia, because they had assailed and scattered his people.
To dream of red clouds foretellscontention and strife.
To the business man, snow seen in a dream foretells success in his undertakings.
To dream of dancing or of being at a ball or banquet, foretells preferment, joyful news; and, in particular, such a dream foretells prosperity in love.
The stalk of the tea plant floating on the surface of a cup of tea, foretells the coming of a stranger.
Floating with the head under waterforetells great affliction, but swimming buoyantly in clean water shows that the dreamer will rise above difficulties.
To see a candle extinguished foretells sickness; but the appearance of a bright burning one betokens rejoicing.
Clean linen seen in sleep foretells gladness of heart and faithfulness of friends; but dirty linen denotes disappointment and distress.
Mark Chapter 13 Christ foretells the destruction of the temple and the signs that shall forerun the day of judgment.
Matthew Chapter 24 Christ foretells the destruction of the temple, with the signs that shall come before it and before the last judgment.
Dimne eyes are the concomitants of old age; and short-sightednes in those that are eyes of a Republique, foretells a declineing state.
Dimne eyes are the concomitants of old age; and short-sightednes, in those that are eyes of a Republique, foretells a declineing State.
Next morning the stalk that has grown the most during the night foretells the future of the maiden.
To the peasants, the cry of the owl foretellshail and rain, accompanied by lightning.
One magpie foretells misfortune, which can be obviated, however, by pulling off the hat and making a polite bow to the bird.
Jeremias Chapter 24 Under the type of good and bad figs, heforetells the restoration of the Jews that had been carried away captive with Jechonias, and the desolation of those that were left behind.
He foretellsthe devastation of that land by the king of Babylon.
He foretells the deprivation of Sobna, and the substitution of Eliacim, a figure of Christ.
Jeremias Chapter 3 God invites the rebel Jews to return to him, with a promise to receive them: he foretells the conversion of the Gentiles.
This psalm manifestlyforetells the time of the Machabees, and the profanation of the temple by Antiochus.
He foretells the coming of Christ; the reprobation of the Jews and their sacrifices; and the calling of the Gentiles, who shall offer up to God in every place an acceptable sacrifice.
Having lived to the age of one hundred and two years, he exhorts his son and grandsons to piety, foretells the destruction of Ninive and the rebuilding of Jerusalem: he dies happily.
Jeremias Chapter 34 The prophet foretells that Sedecias shall fall into the hands of Nabuchodonosor: God's sentence upon the princes and people that had broken his covenant.
Isaias Chapter 39 Ezechias shews all his treasures to the ambassadors of Babylon: upon which Isaias foretells the Babylonish captivity.
Jeremias Chapter 25 The prophet foretells the seventy years captivity; after that the destruction of Babylon, and other nations.
Gladstonian anticipations no doubt are prophecies of future blessings; but whoever foretells the future is equally a prophet, whether he announces the end of the world or foretells the dawn of a millennium.
It proclaims its discovery to another raven in the same tree, and foretells that theirs and the age of the wolves has come: "We shall thrive.
As the nearest interposition of God in her behalf, he foretells her liberation by Cyrus, the anointed of the Lord, and her restoration to the promised land.
Jonah foretells punishment for the Ninevites within forty days; Jeremiah foretells seventy years of captivity; Daniel, seventy weeks until the coming of Christ.
But this prophecy of Noah surpasses all others, inasmuch as he foretells through the Holy Spirit that within a certain number of years the whole human race shall perish.
When coming forth in its natural position, this card is one of particular good omen, as it foretells great success in business operations and consequent gain.
Should the consultant be an unmarried female, and this card comes out reversed near to a knave, likewise reversed, it foretells the ruin of her reputation through calumny.
How the comparative hardness or softness of clouds foretells more or less wind or rain, was stated in pages 13 and 14.
Malachi# Reproves the profanation of the priests in the New Temple, and foretells the appearance of the Messiah to purify the Temple.
Habakkuk# Foretells destruction of the Chaldeans; utters song of praise for the power and mercy of Jehovah, with confidence in his mercy on his people.
A Line going from a star on the Mount of Venus straight to the Mount of the Sun, foretells a great inheritance from the death of a near relation.
To a woman it foretells that she will live out of her own country and if black she will be a widow.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "foretells" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
