betoken

Example Sentences

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And though releasing a series in the last week of the year doesn’t exactly betoken confidence, I can predict with some confidence that there might be one.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

Banks employ armies of people in back offices, looking for discrepancies that may betoken fraud or honest error.

From Economist • Mar. 22, 2018

Cityscapes materialize on backdrops in ways that betoken both the dreamlike landscapes of Monet as well as the Tinseltown innovation of film colorization.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2017

In electoral politics, likewise: a successful re-election that seemed to betoken a sustained realignment for the Democrats.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2017

Each change in the note of grief spoke eloquently of the ebbing life, and he listened for the final cries that would betoken the drawing of the last breath.

From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.