The evil fairy Maleficent curses Princess Aurora to death the day of her 16th birthday by pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel.

In this example of dangling cause, Anakin has a nightmare of Padme dying during childbirth.

The Wicked Witch of the West declares that she'll capture Dorothy Gale in order to take the Ruby Red Slippers, foreshadowing her kidnapping later in the film.

Just before Rose DeWitt Bukater boards the ship, the Titanic, her cocky fiance Cal Hockley raises a deathflag by declaring the ship to be unsinkable, and is later proven wrong.

Starfire is getting married to someone she does not know. This makes Robin jealous. Starfire tells the Titans she is going to Tamaran and does not plan on coming back. The rest of the Titans are confused and against Starfires choice to leave and get married. Starfire admits she does not know who she is marrying and that the leader of Tamaran has picked her husband for her.