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Meanings of so portentous in inglês

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Usage of so portentous in inglês
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Even that age had not witnessed so portentous a display of impudence.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
2
Was that why Paula was so elaborately disengaged and Aunt Lucile so portentous?
Mary Wollaston
3
He felt so healthy and whole and the language was so portentous and ugly.
The Young Lions
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Mrs. Bell's face was so solemn, and her words so portentous, that Beatrice was really taken in.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
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The Protestants were for a moment in consternation in view of the gatherings of so portentous a storm.
The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power
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The pause before this sentence had been so portentous of a wild and rebellious speech that the professor almost laughed now.
Active Service
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Now the knight's tone dropped to an ominous timbre so portentous that none of the Kagonesti reacted to his categorization of them.
The Kagonesti (A Story of the Wild Elves)
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Little Milton was a typical English village, nestling at the foot of the hills whose higher slopes now concealed so portentous a secret.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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One would suppose that the little abbe has come to invite his mother to a confession of her sins, so portentous is his demeanor.
Prince Eugene and His Times
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