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

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.

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.

Two instances of dangling causes and foreshadowing occurs as Harry sees the face of Sirius Black in the crystal ball and an entranced Professor Trelawney speaks of a future event that will occur later that night.