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Meanings of portent in English
A sign that is supposed to reveal whether the future will be favourable or not.
Usage of portent in English
1
The Irish Times saw the event as a portent of better times:
2
Neither brother had expected a moment so fraught, so heady with portent.
3
The sun-star exhibited a golden halo of ice crystals, portent of change.
4
It was nothing less than a portent of what was to come.
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On the other hand, to Thyrsis he was a portent of terror.
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A second difference of even greater portent was the motif of gathering.
7
All his inner being trembled at the portent of his next query.
8
Almo's austere celibacy is a portent in our world and altogether marvellous.
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John looked puzzled, not quite understanding the portent of this cryptic saying.
10
Or she'll grow into a portent and a peril and a pest.
11
It was her Majesty's remedy for that new portent, the revolting daughter.
12
The Black Coach had been a death portent, warning of impending doom.
13
There was portent in it; things seemed to be closing in.
14
The stillness grew in portent; the forest creatures moved more furtively.
15
Everyone believed in astrology; the comet of 1680 was regarded as a portent.
16
The portent is fulfilled; the Heir of Cerdic is no more.
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Portent through the time
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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