Definition of "forewarning"

Beatrice knew his footstep at a distance that might have defied even the acute listener of the fairy tale; and yet, with even such long forewarning, would blush crimson deep on his entrance.

1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], page 94

I have never believed, as some people do, in omens and forewarnings, for the dramatic things in my life have generally come upon me as suddenly as a tropical thunder-storm.

1936 July, John Buchan, “Lost Gods”, in The Island of Sheep, London: Hodder and Stoughton, published July 1938, part I (Fosse), page 11

For many humans, life does end abruptly, without much forewarning.

2023, Erhard S. Gerstenberger, “Finding (or Missing) God and Meaning in Suffering”, in Michael G. Maness, Kevaughn Mattis, editors, Can You Hear My Pain Now?: Making Pastoral Theology Relevant in the Modern World, Wipf & Stock, part three (Pastoral Theology in Human Suffering), page 314