PRECURSOR in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PRECURSOR, such as:
1. Sulphur dioxide is the main precursor of acid rain.
2. He will find it as sure a precursor of his fate as Openshaw did before him.
3. It was known, by all present, to be the brave precursor of a weighty and important judgment.
4. Again I saw that grim face look over the cliff, and I knew that it was the precursor of another stone.
5. Raising a shout of triumph, he sprang toward the defenseless Cora, sending his keen axe as the dreadful precursor of his approach.
2. He will find it as sure a precursor of his fate as Openshaw did before him.
3. It was known, by all present, to be the brave precursor of a weighty and important judgment.
4. Again I saw that grim face look over the cliff, and I knew that it was the precursor of another stone.
5. Raising a shout of triumph, he sprang toward the defenseless Cora, sending his keen axe as the dreadful precursor of his approach.
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Meanings and Examples of PRECURSOR
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precursor
n. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
n. a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)
Classic Sentence:
1 Raising a shout of triumph, he sprang toward the defenseless Cora, sending his keen axe as the dreadful precursor of his approach.
2 In the meantime, the forest began to change its hues, losing that lively green which had embellished its arches, in the graver light which is the usual precursor of the close of day.
3 It was known, by all present, to be the brave precursor of a weighty and important judgment.
4 He will find it as sure a precursor of his fate as Openshaw did before him.
5 Again I saw that grim face look over the cliff, and I knew that it was the precursor of another stone.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
6 The storm increased, the flashes succeeded one another more rapidly, the thunder began to growl, and the wind, the precursor of a hurricane, whistled in the plumes and the hair of the horsemen.
Example Sentence:
1 Though Gray shared many traits with the Romantic poets who followed them, most critics consider him precursor of the Romantic Movement, not true Romantics.
2 Sulphur dioxide is the main precursor of acid rain.