portentous

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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

Rock-and-roll memory cults have run rampant since that portentous reformation nearly 20 years ago, making the Pixies’ initial seven-year run from 1986 to 1993 look like a funny blip of prophecy.

From Washington Post

Dazzling and unsettling the residents with his arbitrary rules and pronouncements about how the world works, Abraham speaks in portentous aphorisms and exhibits a growing paranoia.

From New York Times

Chausson’s score does occasionally sound like Wagner, notably in a brief, portentous appearance by Merlin.

From New York Times

Bellamy saw his era as “portentous of great changes,” and he was right.

From New York Times