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Meanings of most portentous in English
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Usage of most portentous in English
1
That would be the most portentous, the most awe-inspiring event in history.
2
Had she not felt it the most awful, the most portentous wrong?
3
Yet there are always ears that are deaf to the most portentous din.
4
He is a most portentous person, as you will soon see.
5
The invasion of England by Spain had been most portentous.
6
Was it not the most portentous symbol of modern history?
7
This fray of the mountains was one of the most portentous of events in American history.
8
Brief as it was, it has been to me the most portentous period of my existence.
9
They seem to be born with the gift of telling a lie with most portentous gravity.
10
This, or something like this, seems to be the source of our most portentous follies and absurdities.
11
In the lanes, in church, anywhere, he froze too attentive glances of admiring males with a most portentous scowl.
12
Verily, it was a most portentous enginery for the affliction of female humanity; but how heroically it was endured!
13
Of all the New Years prophecies we have read, this has the most portentous ring and covers the most ground.
14
The effect was also further heightened by the manner in which, at such moments, he assumed the most portentous frown.
15
Next, the Lord Chief High Chamberlain noticed, and the Lord Chief High Chamberlain whispered to Seemsto-Be a most portentous whisper.
16
Hast thou ever tried to realize that most sure, most portentous hour, the last hour we shall spend on earth?
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