portend

Example Sentences

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This does not portend an all-around divestment from America.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

His insistence that no one is safe until everyone is safe, can seem to portend a future in which no one will ever be safe, though as a teacher I assume he’s more sanguine.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

In commentary shared with MarketWatch on Monday, the SentimenTrader team showed that the ICE BofAML Move Index falling below 60.1 late last week could portend more gains for stocks up to one year out.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025

Agnes cares for her second daughter so devoutly that her worry can’t help but portend tragedy, and Zhao and O’Farrell’s foreshadowing is as subtle as a sword to the spleen.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

The Greeks had an old saying, too: “Red beard and blue eyes portend the Devil.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides