portending

Example Sentences

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Before they knew it, the sky turned dark, portending a storm.

From BBC • May 29, 2025

Looking back, the surprising darkness and dampening of Penn State’s win over Utah was a portending moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023

Cougars are our canaries in the coal mine, portending consequences of lost connectivity for all Southwest Washington.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2023

"Nonetheless, while we expect the summer rally to continue, investor exuberance is likely to lessen in the near-term, portending a less vigorous rally."

From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2023

In the lurid mock suns and mock moons of the frost fog the superstitious sailors fancied that they saw the ominous sign of the Cross, portending disaster.

From The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)