To-come

"To-come" in a Sentence (9 examples)

They denote a factual to-come. Heidegger, on the other hand, holds that time originates in the to-come, regardless of contents.

Of a discourse to come – on the to-come and repetition.

The Past / Now stands before thee like an Incarnation / Of the To-come;

But, it is plain, they would not be competent to grapple with the 'To-come.'

Hope, not only as concerning the future state: that, it is to be trusted, all men possess: but hope as regards the present, and the to-come, of our little narrow world.

You are the future, the to-come, of the world. I congratulate you, boys and girls, that you live in this generation.

With leave to clench the past, chain the to-come, Put out an arm and touch and take the sun […]

(In the to-come [future], however, I am hoping we will score our toneworks with the full resources of the most lavish orchestra!)

The to-come, let us say, the “absolute” future, as opposed to the future-present, is the object of our hope and desire, the stuff of a certain faith.

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