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Meanings of strange portent in English

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Usage of strange portent in English
1
They had watched the strange portent with envy, incredulity, and awe.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
2
We see a strange portent in this, the complete disappearance of books from the American Home.
The new yorker
3
It produces the strange portent of the Conservative working-man, who yearns to be led by Lord Randolph Churchill.
Post-Prandial Philosophy
4
One of these, named Frok, was swallowed by the waves in mid-voyage, and showed a strange portent at his death.
The Danish History, Books I-IX
5
There are strange portents in the air of the desert, I suppose!
Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul
6
Strange portents are in the air; no one knows what will happen next.
Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross
7
Accompanied by strange portents, and attended by witches and fairy godmothers.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
8
He knows more than any man living of the times that shall come and shall show us strange portents.
The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche
9
'It has been guessed already,' said Ingold; 'for there have been strange portents here of late.
The lord of the rings
10
"A strange portent," Aaath Ulber said.
Chaosbound
11
"Wayland," he questioned anxiously, "what is this I hear about a strange portent in the eastern sky last night?
When Wilderness Was King / A Tale of the Illinois Country
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