Examples of 'prelude' in a sentence

Meaning of "prelude"

Prelude is a noun that refers to an introductory or preparatory action or event, typically serving as an introduction to something more significant
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  • An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
  • A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece.
  • A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.
  • A forerunner to anything.

How to use "prelude" in a sentence

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This is the prelude to what we will have.
Prelude studio is a gender expression liberating brand.
But that was merely prelude of what was to come.
The prelude to the project is summarised as follows.
Cohabitation may thus be a prelude or an alternative to marriage.
The prelude is the central musical theme.
These formed the prelude to the series.
This prelude must sound almost ugly.
Maybe it will be the prelude of other favours.
The prelude is sometimes extracted as a concert piece.
The meeting is the prelude of a series of meetings.
The fake passport was just the prelude.
Think of it as a prelude to all good things to happen.
I could only read this as a prelude to love.
Sounds like a prelude to a kick in the pants.

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Beaten to death after a long prelude of abuse.
Pantomime prelude to one act with prologue.
That almost sounds like a prelude to mutiny.
The chorale prelude is in the mixolydian mode.
We will not bother about any prelude.
This was intended as a prelude to more comprehensive dialogue.
Let us pick up from before the prelude.
It will be the prelude to many great evenings.
The curtain rises after a short prelude.
World religions unite as prelude to extraterrestrial disclosure.
That incident in the temple was only a prelude.
Romantic opera in a prelude and three acts.
You can learn to play the prelude.
This is just a prelude to something bigger actually.
The sheer volume of it suggests a prelude to an attack.
This class is a prelude to formal ballet instruction.
This can only be looked at as a prelude to war.
It is the prelude and the gateway to a sale.
It will agitate the surface as a prelude to suction.
This prelude must be made to sound almost ugly.
Such a violation could be a prelude to something bigger.
What happened last night was merely a prelude.
Even if my wife calls it as a prelude to any negotiations.
This first success is no more than a prelude.
All of that was just a prelude to the abattoir.
The prelude to the first act.
Each campaign is only the prelude to another.
A clever prelude to ripen them up for someone else.
This is normal and is usually a prelude to a spray.
It may be a prelude to a much larger attack.
Humanitarian intervention should be only a prelude to political settlement.
This is not a prelude to a comprehensive new legislative programme.
The treaty is an obvious prelude to war.
The prelude did not suggest a comic song exactly.
This year was only a prelude to what is yet to come.

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