PORTEND in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PORTEND, such as:
1. The king does not know what these omens portend and asks his soothsayers to interpret them.
2. She could hear a humming of noise far down the street, but what it portended she did not know.
2. She could hear a humming of noise far down the street, but what it portended she did not know.
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Meanings and Examples of PORTEND
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portend
v. foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction
Classic Sentence:
1 The knights heard this uncommon document read from end to end, and then gazed upon each other in silent amazement, as being utterly at a loss to know what it could portend.
2 She could hear a humming of noise far down the street, but what it portended she did not know.
3 A needle scraped a disc; chuff, chuff chuff; then having found the rut, there was a roll and a flutter which portended God.
Example Sentence:
1 The king does not know what these omens portend and asks his soothsayers to interpret them.