How to Use herald in a Sentence

herald

1 of 2 noun
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  • The early flowers are heralds of spring.
  • Mercury was the herald of the Roman gods.
  • Silver is a reflection of the age, a herald, not a prophet.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2012
  • Still, Atwell thinks the author was a herald of social change.
    — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Apr. 2018
  • To most people, the buds and sprouts of April are welcome heralds of spring.
    — Zach Montague, New York Times, 21 May 2018
  • As the celestial trailblazer you, Aries, are the herald of all that is fresh, fiery and progressive.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2020
  • The nameless rock-thrower was the herald of a revolution.
    — New York Times, 8 July 2020
  • The deeper dives, less related to pushing product, are the herald of his mature phrase.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2021
  • The herald patch is the telltale sign that your rash could be PR, but there are other common (though not universal) symptoms as well.
    — Lauren Caruso, Allure, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The image of her locking the gate in front of her store’s entrance was published on the front page of The Chronicle the next day, a herald of the pandemic’s toll on businesses.
    — Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2021
  • At least Drake Bradshaw, in the small role of Godot’s young herald, is sweetly effective in both his appearances.
    — New York Times, 7 May 2021
  • As befits such a dramatic ambition, the heralds of the IOT are fond of very big numbers.
    — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
  • One of the most conspicuous heralds is a bonny buttercup named the winter aconite.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
  • For the purposes of Venom 2, Shriek can be a mutant but not necessarily a herald of X-Men to come.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2021
  • So why would any town want to honor such a pest with an expensive statue, let alone call it a herald of prosperity?
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
  • And yet in both cases a Trump endorsement is hardly a herald of victory.
    — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Usually, the Virginia governor’s race is seen as a herald for what will happen in a midterm election a year later.
    — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2021
  • So why would any town want to honor such a pest with an expensive statue, let alone call it a herald of prosperity?
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
  • To date, having earned almost a hundred million dollars online, this proud herald of the streaming age is well on the way to finding its happy place.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 1 May 2020
  • Hark the herald angels, Ellis finally listened and brought in younger players!
    — SI.com, 29 July 2019
  • Müller’s success in a modern 4-2-3-1 formation was the herald of a new generation.
    — SI.com, 13 June 2018
  • Capone was indicted and Chicago freed to argue that its fair wouldn’t be mobbed up or a casualty of the Depression, but a herald of better times.
    — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Backed by a full band, Kenny channeled Patchy the Pirate and Taylor went for something more closely resembling a medieval town herald.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2023
  • As the herald of Galactus, this sleek silver being skims through the universe, dodging meteors, while riding his shiny surfboard.
    — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Nevertheless, the F50 remains a car of import, a herald of stupefying machines yet to come.
    — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Bennett, the savvy urbanite, was the herald telling the city’s dark secrets; Greeley, the rustic intellectual oddball, was the tribune railing against them.
    — James M. Lundberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Magliano is the herald of a broken, slow classicism that looks mournful, undone and dangling, but also beautiful and full of life, much in the glorious vein of Comme and Yohji, with a leftist Italian twist.
    — Angelo Flaccavento, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Since then, the dandy has returned—in some form or another—nearly every February for ninety-eight years, as the herald of the magazine’s anniversary issue.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Luckily, there’s one herald of summertime in San Francisco that speaks to renewal.
    — Caille Millner, SFChronicle.com, 14 June 2019
  • This Easter, Americans will devour more than 1 billion Peeps — those radiant marshmallow chicks whose appearance on store shelves each year is as much a herald of spring as azaleas at the Masters.
    — Haven Daley, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
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herald

2 of 2 verb
  • Rain heralds the arrival of spring.
  • The technology heralded a new age of space exploration.
  • The project doesn’t herald a change in focus for his music.
    — Michael J. West, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
  • And even with three new starters, the size of the unit was heralded among the biggest in the conference on the beef index.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The arrival of the K5 in New York City was heralded with not one, but two media events.
    — Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Azaleas and a bank of daffodils heralding spring seen from the west-facing front door.
    — Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
  • This isn’t the first time Lawrence has heralded the return of Bermuda shorts.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 May 2023
  • But rather than heralding the start of an imposing run, the results have been patchy.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Trumpets herald the arrival of the players at the arena.
    — Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Strcic, the least heralded of the three, has been a rock at the 6, as her defensive midfield spot is called.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2023
  • But what’s the festive season without Mariah Carey to herald it in?
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Gone are the days of a boom or bust mentality in the passing game for the UAB football team and a new staff is heralding a new era for the offense.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 10 July 2023
  • Luckily for Baltimore, this class of prospects is heralded as one of the deepest in the draft.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The city’s residents are used to a blanket of smog that blots out the sky and heralds the arrival of the Hindu festival of Diwali.
    — Vibhuti Agarwal, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The series became a breakout hit for Netflix and heralded a true-crime boom on the service.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Bells herald the swivel of a wall of pixels that swings from side to side following the arm movement of the dancers, then rotates 360 degrees.
    — Catherine Tharin, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
  • In the fall came the distant thud of explosions, heralding the approach of Ukrainian troops pushing to take back Kherson.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The votes heralded a change for VFX workers, who have become pivotal to many productions over the past few decades.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
  • This usually heralds the end of a design trend, giving way for a new player.
    — Vicki Payne, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The fanfare of last season’s training camp heralded a new era in Denver.
    — Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The end of summer often heralds new prices on fabulous homes across Dallas.
    — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • It was largely panned by critics upon debut, but has since been heralded as ahead of its time.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Friday night’s attacks herald a new dark chapter for Putin, one that is deeply familiar to him.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Remedy’s shift to premium could be the bellwether that heralds the end — or at least slowing down — of the free-to-play trend that has the big publishers in a vice grip right now.
    — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Dressed in a stunning, shiny red gown, Campbell showed exactly why she is heralded as one of the first supermodels with each pose in the short clip.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 25 Aug. 2023
  • But with Trump, at least for now, lapping the field, the election could herald the moment for the ideas so long promoted by Arnn and his Hillsdale-Claremont comrades.
    — Danny Hakim, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Stretching more than 600 miles along the Mediterranean, the country’s southwest shore has long been heralded for its beauty, attracting tourists from around the world.
    — Nell Lewis, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Players rolled through the crowd on double-decker buses, DJs and drummers heralding their arrival.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
  • After the quiet winter months, spring heralds the return of longer days and gathering over leisurely meals.
    — Lidey Heuck, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • World leaders have heralded numbers that have shown reductions in global poverty, but the Vatican argued that this does not take into account rising inequality and the hoarding of wealth by the few.
    — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024

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