portentous

Example Sentences

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It was a portentous broadside for a man running to be president, one that questioned the integrity of a justice system that had just brought the first federal charges against a former president.

From New York Times

Some critics found his novels portentous and self-consciously masculine.

From New York Times

Capped with a fez, speaking some sort of French patois, Mitchell brings his own campy aura to the movie, including the portentous punchline: “Choice is a Western concept.”

From New York Times

In drawings and paintings bearing some of the awkward poses and portentous titles of the genre, the artist has tracked the fictional battles of civilizations real and invented.

From Los Angeles Times

The soft but grand dawn opening felt not portentous but natural, building to a sunrise that was shining without blare.

From New York Times