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Meanings of portentous news in English

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Usage of portentous news in English
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Such was the matter-of-fact manner in which the portentous news was announced.
A Modern Chronicle — Volume 01
2
The year opened with the portentous news of Indian hostilities.
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian ...
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This portentous news did not seem to impress Leon unduly.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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The latter's white face and agitated manner indicated that he was the bearer of portentous news.
I Spy
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The Duchess was furious when Mandriano told her, and immediately conveyed the portentous news to her husband.
The Tragedies of the Medici
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Each new day brought its portentous news.
An Original Belle
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One evening, at Abba Island, taking aside the foremost of his followers, the Master whispered the portentous news.
Eminent Victorians
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The pride that was his now in being the official herald of portentous news was overcast by an evident sorrow.
In the Claws of the German Eagle
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His suspicions at length were brusquely confirmed, and the uneasy peace of evil deeds was broken by portentous news from Florence.
The Tragedies of the Medici
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If she had rushed in screaming wildly, her aspect to Sylvia's eyes would scarcely have been more eloquent of portentous news to come.
The Bent Twig
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