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

This “Cyrano” centers the freedom that new forms of drama betoken, and all the ways that the writing of the past can feed them — from Rostand to Emily Dickinson.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2022

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

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2017

"They don't start anything, and probably didn't determine much — but betoken a widespread disgust in the air."

From US News • Sep. 30, 2016

To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah