The sudden silence of the birds was a foretoken of the storm that would lash the coast by night.

Dark clouds and distant thunder foretoken the fierce storm that will sweep through the valley tonight.

The old church bell, foretokening the coming storm, tolled slowly as villagers hurried home.

The sudden drop in bird migrations felt like a foretokening of the harsh winter to come.

The sudden hush foretokens the coming storm.

The villagers mistook the strange lights in the sky for foretokens of a coming storm.

The sudden drop in temperature foretokened the harsh winter that followed.

The foretokenings of spring—damp earth, budding branches, and migrating birds—lifted everyone's spirits.

As the last leaf fell, the old seer declared that the wind foretokeneth the end of summer.