Use of the word portentous in a sentence example

portentous

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Rita has adopted a portentous tone. [adjective]

I leave you with the portentous words of Martin Luther King spoken on the night before he died. [adjective]

Reeve is anything but portentous, and even makes an occasional wisecrack at the expense of more self important environmental dystopias. [adjective]

The spirit of mighty days at that portentous moment made its descent on that unknown man. [adjective]

Was it not the most portentous tragedy which the earth has ever seen since He who was both God and Man died upon Calvary. [adjective]

Bumble, catching at the inquiry very quickly, shook his head with portentous solemnity. [adjective]

I will tell you in your private ear, replied she, wagging her turban three times with portentous significancy. [adjective]

Huge portentous masses rose on all sides and blotted out the skies. [Please select]

Bell's face was so solemn, and her words so portentous, that Beatrice was really taken in. [Please select]

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