Sentences with forerunner
fore·run·ner
F f - ...a machine which, in some respects, was the forerunner of the modern helicopter. [+ of]
- How meek and shrunken did that haughty Tarmac become as it slunk by the wide circle of asphalt of the yellow sort, that was loosely strewn before the great iron gates of Lady Hall as a forerunner of the consideration that awaited the guests of Rupert, Earl of Kare, [ …] .
- They are the kinetic shop sign, which was known as the Little Men; a German symphonium, a forerunner of the jukebox; and a French.
- The religious festivals celebrated this week, Easter and its Jewish forerunner, Passover, are unlikely to suffer that fate.
- Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.
- The warm evenings were a forerunner of summer.
- And at 13 he won a scholarship to Geelong College, which was the forerunner of many more.