Sentence examples for foretold that from inspiring English sources

The events might have been taken from just about any of the recent annals of Britain's House of Windsor as Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, Camilla Parker Bowles, his longtime love, and Diana, Princess of Wales, played out the acts of a tragedy foretold that led to Diana's death in a car crash in Paris in 1997.

Indeed, so heavy is the weight of paternal expectation, of destiny foretold, that at times he almost seems to lack a will of his own, his own instincts obscured by the overriding commandment to "do right".

Readers of Ovid will recall that Zeus, in the guise of gold rain, paid a conjugal visit to Danaë, whose father had locked her up as a prophylactic measure after an oracle foretold that he would be killed by his future grandson.

Nebraska's one-vote contribution to the Democrats' tally might seem like a pittance, but it was eagerly sought with the full might of the Obama campaign because months ago no one foretold that Mr. Obama would capture far more than the 270 electoral votes needed for victory.

In this descent towards an ever-increasing horror, which the reader intuits but can't quite make out until the very end, Kaddish takes on the ancient role of the Fool travelling through the hellish landscape that his elders and betters have created, towards a conclusion foretold that he nevertheless strives to avoid.

According to Aelian, a seer called Aristander foretold that the land where Alexander was laid to rest "would be happy and unvanquishable forever".

"She lacked it all," said Mentor Muniz Neto, a writer from São Paulo who described Ms. Rousseff's final ouster as a "death foretold," asserting that she lacked charisma, competence and humility.

Pious Aeneas, passionate Dido, and raging Turnus are driven by the desires and rivalries of the gods — but even the gods recognize their obeisance to fate, and to the foretold Roman Empire that will produce Augustus, Virgil's patron.

The story opens with death in art foretold, a scene that could have creaked like an antique schooner but instead steps forth gravely and boldly, presaging the whole plot.

Mr. McVeigh's father, Bill, said there was nothing in his son's boyhood that foretold this tragedy.

And what about psychics who demanded prepayments for palm readings that foretold lives filled with tall, dark strangers and vast fortunes?