taste of things to come
idiom
: something (such as a brief experience) that is the first of similar things to follow
That first storm was just a taste of things to come.
Examples of taste of things to come in a Sentence
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Recent surprises in Asian oil consumption may be only a taste of things to come.
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Michael Levi, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Instead of a one-off, Jan. 6 might just be a bad taste of things to come, with the peaceful transfer of power — the foundation of our election system and an exemplar to the world — becoming just another artifact of a political time gone by.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
In a taste of things to come, Quidax cut salaries in July.
—Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 30 Nov. 2022
In what Ukraine warned was a taste of things to come for Russia’s military, at least eight Russian warplanes were wrecked last week in a series of explosions at a Russian air base in Crimea.
—Andrew Higgins, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022
That may just be a taste of things to come.
—Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2022
Big leveraged buyouts are back, and this year’s crop might just be a taste of things to come.
—Miriam Gottfried, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2021
Call it a taste of things to come.
—Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2021
But that’s only a small taste of things to come.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 2 Nov. 2021
Michael Levi, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Instead of a one-off, Jan. 6 might just be a bad taste of things to come, with the peaceful transfer of power — the foundation of our election system and an exemplar to the world — becoming just another artifact of a political time gone by.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
In a taste of things to come, Quidax cut salaries in July.
—Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 30 Nov. 2022
In what Ukraine warned was a taste of things to come for Russia’s military, at least eight Russian warplanes were wrecked last week in a series of explosions at a Russian air base in Crimea.
—Andrew Higgins, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022
That may just be a taste of things to come.
—Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2022
Big leveraged buyouts are back, and this year’s crop might just be a taste of things to come.
—Miriam Gottfried, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2021
Call it a taste of things to come.
—Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2021
But that’s only a small taste of things to come.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 2 Nov. 2021
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