How to Use forewarning in a Sentence

forewarning

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  • Blinken said Wednesday that the Biden administration had received no forewarning of the Haniyeh attack.
    — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Shaw said there had been no forewarning of the swap was coming.
    — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Little has changed since this forewarning, and the new program does not alter the paucity of the workforce.
    — Jessica Wapner, Newsweek, 1 June 2017
  • A forewarning to the Frenchman: Others have tried to persuade Trump on the dangers of leaving the Paris agreement -- and failed.
    — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 17 July 2017
  • The sound could indeed be a siren and thus a handy forewarning that an ambulance or firetruck might be coming down the road soon.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 May 2021
  • There are going to be a lot of questions about whether there was, as Pierre pointed out, whether there was any type of forewarning of this attack.
    — ABC News, 14 July 2024
  • Carlson was not allowed to have a final show; staffers at the network, and even at his own show, were not given forewarning.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Turns out, a little forewarning, a dash of tact and a giant pile of money is a winning formula for a clean break.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Powell didn't see the departure of coach Hylton Dayes as a forewarning.
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Turn up your heat now Fortunately, this storm has brought more forewarning than the last, giving you time to heat up the house in the event the electricity shuts off.
    — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Second, there was no forewarning that Luck would retire.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • In a forewarning of future purges, the NRC, too, became subject to political witch hunts.
    — Peter Schwartzstein, Smithsonian, 30 May 2018
  • Overall ☆☆ 1/2 The kitchen is great at cooking seafood, but the service fell down in some instances and charging $80 for a single crab, without forewarning, is ridiculous.
    — Carla Meyer, sacbee, 18 May 2017
  • Another forewarning: The theme is somewhat impractical, and more for the sake of showing off.
    — Brian X. Chen, WIRED, 20 Aug. 2009
  • But if an exceedingly large storm were to strike again—as one very nearly did in 2012—the results could be severe, regardless of forewarnings.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2019
  • With no forewarning, the fatality rate for the province currently stands at about 4.5%.
    — Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 15 Mar. 2020
  • My prediction is that this behavior is a forewarning of what’s to come in face-to-face conversations in the workplace, at the grocery store, in airports, and beyond.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 12 July 2022
  • Tesla and Cruise provide forewarning of why this is necessary.
    — Steven E. Shladover, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Many Europeans count on Britain to check Trump’s worst impulses on the international stage — or at least to give them forewarning.
    — Kimberly Dozier / Aspen, Time, 23 July 2019
  • Mexicans got a forewarning of the possible effect this week.
    — Azam Ahmed and Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2017
  • Often, residents are given no or little forewarning by the police on imminent tear gas use, and as a result are caught unawares while at home, dining out, or just strolling the streets.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Apparently, this was unplanned, and Chloe had no forewarning.
    — Steve Watkins, star-telegram, 18 July 2017
  • Fortunately, we’ve been given a little more forewarning this time around.
    — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The new study suggests industries and people who rely on ionospheric systems could have forewarning of these bubbles.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 June 2023
  • That forewarning has given rise to an intricate web of global deception.
    — Katherine Eban, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2019
  • As in San Francisco, officials in cities like St. Louis were surprised to see hundreds of scooters suddenly perched on curbs without any forewarning.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 7 Sep. 2018
  • But with no forewarning, residents around Paris — along with fans and players inside Roland Garros — expressed their fears of an explosion on social networks.
    — Jerome Pugmire, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Detroit Tigers catcher Tucker Barnhart made sure to give a forewarning about his enthusiasm.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 Nov. 2021
  • And then there’s a third explanation—that government programs designed to provide forewarning were eliminated by the Trump White House.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2020
  • With no forewarning, no experience driving an EV, and virtually no guidance, what was supposed to be a restful trip upstate was anything but.
    — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 16 June 2023

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