Sentence example with the word 'portend'

portend

adumbrate, betoken, croak, foreshadow, forewarn, have a presentiment, menace, precaution, prenotify, prognosticate, tell in advance, warn

Definition v. indicate by signs

Last update: September 9, 2015


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This could portend a change of government policy.   [Please select]

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By hovering nearby, the dark clouds portend a storm in our area.   [Please select]

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Does the ability to download new movies at home portend a decrease in movie theater profits?   [Please select]

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These words portended rage and intense disgust to Constantine.   [Please select]

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Almost in the center of it, above the Prechistenka Boulevard, surrounded and sprinkled on all sides by stars but distinguished from them all by its nearness to the earth, its white light, and its long uplifted tail, shone the enormous and brilliant comet of 1812--the comet which was said to portend all kinds of woes and the end of the world.   [Please select]

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He felt that this ride must portend some important movement.   [Please select]

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Koyala fingered the handle of the kris as she considered what the news portended.   [Please select]

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He knew what they portended, and in all that vast wilderness he was alone.   [Please select]

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All this stillness portended to Ned the coming storm, and he was right.   [Please select]

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What was then to portend danger to Bacon when the Parliament of 1620/21 met.   [Please select]

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It was one of those mornings in summer which portend a thunderstorm and great heat.   [Please select]

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