How To Use Foretaste In A Sentence

  • In small ways that sometimes seem ineffectual, my friends and I are looking to experience some foretaste of that moment. Christianity Today
  • ‘It was a foreshadowing of heaven, a foretaste of the splendours that were to come,’ says Sarah.
  • Here is a foretaste of things to come - a previous encounter displaying wonderful fighting chess. Times, Sunday Times
  • Having ceased to be the refuge of the hunted and the cynosure of the oppressed, this country would thenceforth awe the nations of the Old World by its military power, and shock them by its profligacy, whereof the Ostend Circular and the murders and forgeries of Kansas were but foretastes, until God in His righteous wrath should bring upon it some visitation like the present, and hurl it from its pinnacle in mercy to mankind. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
  • Or is it a meager, yet expressive hint that the forgiveness of sins is a foretaste of eternal life?
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  • But I find it too easy, almost natural, to become so immersed in that reality that I lose sight of the small consolations and foretastes of glory that ordinary life also offers. Archive 2006-04-01
  • The past tense implies at the same time the certainty of it, as also that in this life a kind of foretaste in Christ is already given [Grotius] (Jer 6: 16; Mt 11: 28, 29). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • In small ways that sometimes seem ineffectual, my friends and I are looking to experience some foretaste of that moment. Christianity Today
  • Before he reaches the station called Niagara Falls, the tourist has a foretaste of what is in store for him. American Sketches 1908
  • She should suffer, too — and the foretasted anguish and pleasure of hot recriminations dulled all other feelings in him. Maurice Guest
  • The young girl sat still and dreamed that the old world was as young as she, and that in its soft bosom there were exquisite sweetnesses untried, and soft yearnings for a beautiful unknown, and little pulses that could quicken with foretasted joy which only needed face and name to take angelic shape of present love. Adam Johnstone's Son
  • The catastrophe [of these] seabirds is just a foretaste of what lies ahead.
  • Last week provided a foretaste of what is to come on Friday, after the final tally is counted. Times, Sunday Times
  • In the meantime, of course, there were ways to snatch a foretaste of Nirvana - through drugs and sex - although I should say that my drug of choice was always alcohol by the wagonload…
  • Each experience of beauty, in a poem, for instance, is only a foretaste and a sign of what is still greater.
  • Reply Obj. 1: That manifestation of Christ's birth was a kind of foretaste of the full manifestation which was to come. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition
  • After such a dry and thirsty summer it is good that we now have some soft showers to give us a foretaste of what it will be like in the lush rain forests of the lower slopes of Kilimanjaro.
  • The Bush administration, and the concurrent lack of a real opposition party, are merely bitter foretastes of the blatancy these tendencies must eventually achieve. Capitalism as the Engine of Global Crisis
  • September and October are the best months to sample the new wine, giving a foretaste of what the following year's vintage will be like.
  • Then turning towards us, who were lost in speechless sorrow — O dear, dear gentlemen, said she, you know not what foretastes — what assurances — And there she again stopped, and looked up, as if in a thankful rapture, sweetly smiling. Clarissa Harlowe
  • He foretasted his disgrace even as he pulled the trigger. Fort Amity
  • They were unaware that the street violence was just a foretaste of what was to come.
  • An introductory or preliminary message, sample, or overview; a foretaste.
  • This CD gives a foretaste of what to expect. Times, Sunday Times
  • Satisfied with labouring faithfully in his vocation, the good man committed his cause to God, and found, in the refreshing recollections of self-satisfaction, and in the calm repose that followed a harassing day, spent in the performance of his manifold duties, a reward which might be termed a foretaste of heaven. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel
  • Today's heightened political acrimony is but a foretaste of the "grim Malthusian" politics ahead, with politicians increasingly trying to redistribute the fruits of a stagnant economy, loosing even more forces of stagnation. Technology = Salvation
  • The Bush administration, and the concurrent lack of a real opposition party, are merely bitter foretastes of the blatancy these tendencies must eventually achieve. Capitalism as the Engine of Global Crisis
  • Another foretaste of later Beethoven comes in the sixth movement, which is a set of variations on a courtly theme.
  • This disaster, swamping highly populated coastal plains, is perhaps a foretaste of what is to come on a more frequent basis as we continue to destroy the environment and the atmosphere that sustains us.
  • The Sars virus alert in 2003 gave a foretaste of what could happen.
  • I eased a bleary eye through a crack in the curtains to get a foretaste of the weather.
  • The influence of Brand on the document was palpable and emphasized anamnesis, community with Christ and his body, the church, Eucharistic sacrifice, and the foretaste of the Messianic banquet.
  • For Bulgarians, the day was declared a public holiday, with formalities, flag-raisings, fireworks and concerts, a small foretaste of similar celebrations that will be held when the day comes to join the EU.
  • Last week provided a foretaste of what is to come on Friday, after the final tally is counted. Times, Sunday Times
  • If overnight, one would spend some very delightful hours in drifting about Chioggia itself, which is a kind of foretaste of Venice, although not like enough to her to impair the surprise. A Wanderer in Venice
  • Here is a foretaste of things to come - a previous encounter displaying wonderful fighting chess. Times, Sunday Times
  • [216] His desire was for the spiritual body, raised in power and incorruption at the day of Christ; and, meanwhile, for that personal perfection in measure and foretaste, which is prepared for those who die in the Lord, and await His coming. Sermons. Volume Third.
  • This CD gives a foretaste of what to expect. Times, Sunday Times
  • The merger's torturous progress to completion may have given a foretaste of the problems that lay ahead.
  • Here, then, would He solace His already wounded spirit and have in this outfield village triumph of His grace, a sublime foretaste of the inbringing of the whole Gentile world into the Church. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • For most other Christians, instrumental and vocal music embody praise of the divine, and at best may suggest a foretaste of paradise.
  • Mr. Abbey is still young, he is full of ideas and intentions, and the work he has done may, in view of his time of life, of his opportunities and the singular completeness of his talent, be regarded really as a kind of foretaste and prelude. Picture and Text 1893
  • However, your stop-over will probably act as a foretaste of this incredible land of rugged terrain and rocky coasts, and not forgetting the fact that Japan is one of the few places in the world that enjoys four seasons.
  • If we learn to approach the real pleasures and triumphs of life as mere foretastes of eternity, as ready to surrender them as to enjoy them, then they won't get in the way of our dying before we die. Archive 2006-04-01
  • This brief delirium is, however, only a foretaste of the culminant visual disturbance in the novel.
  • An introductory or preliminary message, sample, or overview; a foretaste.
  • When she was ready to go up to Muro, she knew that without those letters life in such a solitude would be well nigh unsupportable, whereas, being able to look forward to them, and to answering them, her hours of idleness were already a foretasted pleasure. Taquisara
  • Diamond and Kenny write that the conference "may well be a foretaste of the kind of realigned, plural politics that Labour will need to undertake if it is to challenge the coalition". Labour party urged to abandon tribalism
  • As Lorraine recalls, the couple had an early foretaste of what lay ahead as they flew into Havana, the Cuban capital.
  • The brief skirmishes in the featured two missions certainly gave an appetizing foretaste of what is hopefully to come.
  • In that simple, totalizing assumption we find the kernel of almost every problem the administration has faced over recent months - and a foretaste of the troubles the nation may confront in coming years.
  • But what that means is that when, in our present history, you can say of someone that they 'know the Lord', what's happening is an anticipation of the end of time, when real justice happens: it's a kind of foretaste of what Christians call 'the Kingdom'. South Africa - No-one can be forgotten in God's Kingdom
  • But, in a foretaste of the film, the slick cinematography is also rather soulless. Times, Sunday Times
  • We can long for it, pant after it, and have some foretastes of it, -- namely, of that state and season wherein our whole souls, in all their powers and faculties, shall constantly, inseparably, eternally cleave by love unto whole Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ
  • The recent factory closures and job losses are just a foretaste of the recession that is to come.
  • The programme even opens with a theatrically portentous pre-credits teaser, an appetising foretaste of the bloodshed to come.
  • Here is a foretaste of things to come - a previous encounter displaying wonderful fighting chess. Times, Sunday Times
  • This CD gives a foretaste of what to expect. Times, Sunday Times
  • Two spectacular wins at the start of the season were a foretaste of things to come .
  • Who is right and is this a foretaste of a year-long election battle? Times, Sunday Times
  • But meantime there are signs, tokens, foretastes of the final Kingdom, which in themselves provide powerful support for Christian congregations in their sacrificial work.
  • For a moment, in the joy of anticipation, a strange light illuminated his face, his lips parted as in a foretasted wonder, and he forgot even to drop the hand he had just withdrawn. The Little City of Hope A Christmas Story
  • Although they were high in the mountains, and the wind was from the east, and cold with a foretaste of winter, still, it felt warmer than the gelid air radiating from the White River.
  • There is a worry that the past fortnight has been a foretaste of the election. Times, Sunday Times
  • Strings possess that ‘white’ sounding, non-vibrato blend which keep textures absolutely clear, while the tiny touches of Italian portamenti give a foretaste of Rossini and Donizetti, who were shortly to arrive on the scene.
  • A foretaste of the moment of accession to the EU was the ceremony in April when Bulgaria, among others, was formally enlisted in the ranks of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
  • Back outside the day centre in Inverness, a chill wind blew off the Moray Firth, a foretaste of the approaching winter.
  • As, therefore, we would continually tend towards our rest and blessedness, as we would have assured and evident pledges of it in our own souls, as we would have foretastes of it and an experimental acquaintance with it, (as who would not know as much as is possible of his eternal blessedness?) this is the design which we ought to pursue. Pneumatologia
  • (through consciousness of deserving it), has it even now, that is, the foretaste of it. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • Here, a little extra altitude gave them all a foretaste of the winter to come.
  • Mrs. Bingham already foretasted the bliss of an invitation to the rectory to meet Lady Caroline from Thaxton Manor; she already foretasted the greater bliss of not meeting her intimate friends there, and that most exquisite conceivable bliss of telling them afterwards all about the party. Pages from a Journal with Other Papers
  • Back in 1986, they hadn't even sprouted much coral yet, and so were without blue lagoons and white beaches, amenities many human beings used to regard as foretastes of an ideal afterlife. Galapagos
  • But Metcalf also promises foretastes of what is to come in future festivals too, with new works by Mark Bowden and Paul Mealor, as well as music by Per Nørgård and Qigang Chen in the lineup. This week's new live music
  • In small ways that sometimes seem ineffectual, my friends and I are looking to experience some foretaste of that moment. Christianity Today
  • You will not sleep more than a few hours and the illness is less serious than my anger or cruelty and the dark bedroom is like a foretaste of other darknesses to come later which all of us must endure alone but here I am permitted to be with you
  • Last week provided a foretaste of what is to come on Friday, after the final tally is counted. Times, Sunday Times
  • She foretasted the day when a vulgar prefix would no longer attach to her name, and when the journals of society would reflect her rising effulgence. The Odd Women
  • And God has made them participants in his own happiness: They have foretasted it in this world, and in the world beyond, they enjoy it in plenitude. Archive 2008-11-02
  • Although they were high in the mountains, and the wind was from the east, and cold with a foretaste of winter, still, it felt warmer than the gelid air radiating from the White River.
  • It was a forescent -- even this could not be called a foretaste, of the kingdom of heaven; but Florimel never thought of the kingdom of heaven, the ideal of her own existence. The Marquis of Lossie
  • ‘It was a foreshadowing of heaven, a foretaste of the splendours that were to come,’ says Sarah.
  • Back outside the day centre in Inverness, a chill wind blew off the Moray Firth, a foretaste of the approaching winter.
  • It is generally described as a foretaste of what is called the Romantic movement. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century

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