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Значения термина portentous silence на английском

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Использование термина portentous silence на английском
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Then, in portentous silence he paused till everybody everywhere was seated.
It Happened in Egypt
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Selingman sat for several moments in portentous silence.
The Double Traitor
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At length the portentous silence was broken and a voice spoke, the voice of Nam the priest.
The People of the Mist
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Not one word interrupted the portentous silence.
Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
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There was a moment of portentous silence; then, "Let us pray," said the minister from the pulpit.
Audrey
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Following a short, portentous silence:
Tales of Chinatown
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There was a portentous silence.
A Damsel in Distress
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It was a strange sight, that sea of heads all around us heaving in portentous silence at the slightest incident.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 / A Magazin...
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When Miss Mehitable came back, however, half buried under the mountain of bedding, she was greeted by a portentous silence.
A Spinner in the Sun
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Again the portentous silence and then-wasit fancy, or were there shapes, stealthy, elusive, shadowy, moving along the wall of the intense blackness?
The Gun-Brand
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Then we had leisure to notice that the storm cloud was mounting in a portentous silence to the zenith, quenching the brilliant desert stars.
Arizona Nights
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In the midst of a portentous silence, the consul unrolled his papers, evidently intending to produce an effect by the exceeding bigness of his looks.
Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
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About the glade ranged the tall spruce, Watching breathlessly; and for a termless second or two a profound and portentous silence descended on the camp.
The Sky Line of Spruce
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Portentous silence через время
Portentous silence в диалектах
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