portentous
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"I'm paralysed by my body keeping score," he adds, over the portentous drums of Weight of it All.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
She plans to sweep away the cobwebs and inject warmth and life into a farm mired in portentous dialogue and unmentionable secrets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
That’s when her portentous warpaint emerges, a crisp black border drawn from tear duct to wing crowning a frigid, distrustful gaze.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2024
It was also an America with some portentous innovations.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2024
The chaplain’s first mention of the name Yossarian! had tolled deep in his memory like a portentous gong.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing portentous
Romeo and Juliet
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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The Great Gatsby
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