1The author's use of ominous imagery adumbrates the tragic events that unfold in the final chapters of the novel.
2Does the government's recent policy shift adumbrate a more significant change in their economic strategy?
3The artist's latest series of paintings adumbrates a growing concern with environmental degradation and its impact on human society.
4Critics argue that the company's financial reports adumbrate a more serious underlying problem with their business model.
5There is a sense in which the earliest myths of a culture adumbrate the fundamental human concerns that will shape its subsequent history.