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Meanings of
portending
in anglès
A sign that is supposed to reveal whether the future will be favourable or not.
abode
omen
foreboding
portent
augury
forboding
abodance
abodement
aboding
Usage of
portending
in anglès
1
Again the door of the inner office closed with a
portending
click.
2
The ancients ranked this with other celestial phenomena, as
portending
great events.
3
Outside, the sky was again dark and cloudy,
portending
even more rain.
4
But late in February there was a great bustle,
portending
movement.
5
For five minutes he was absent, then returned with a face
portending
news.
6
Dreams and hallucinations
portending
violence increasingly plague Curtis, some of them perhaps even real.
7
Dark clouds travel over the sky,
portending
rain: a rare phenomenon in these regions.
8
Cutaneous manifestation of MM is an uncommon observation in clinical practice
portending
poor prognosis.
9
Landing on 20th June near Dublin, he heard news
portending
a speedy decision in Wexford.
10
Moviegoers liked Never Say Never and Just Go With It,
portending
good word of mouth.
11
There seemed to be something back of the simple statement-anominous and
portending
"something."
12
If a woman gives birth to a child with the right nostril lacking, misfortune is
portending
.
13
In the twilight of his pallid face, his nose looked like a comet
portending
some public calamity.
14
A comet she seemed,
portending
a fiery doom to the hearts of many in that presence hall.
15
He was not free, however, from a belief in the significance of dreams as
portending
important events.
16
It is a pathetic record,
portending
the final closing of Bermondsey Spa but a few years later.
Other examples for "portending"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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portending
portend
Verb
Present
Frequent collocations
portend even
portend a revolution
portend click
portend danger
portend good
More collocations
Portending
through the time