portending

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Before they knew it, the sky turned dark, portending a storm.

From BBC • May 29, 2025

Wholesale food inflation has started to decline, portending possible relief for consumers in coming months.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023

Cougars are our canaries in the coal mine, portending consequences of lost connectivity for all Southwest Washington.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2023

The film, which was narrated in Spanish by a voice portending to be the Latin-owned bar itself, was praised as a nuanced and moving exploration of gentrification, migration and transgender identity.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2023

The purr of streams over rocky bed was whispering, the queer quaking echoes of falling rocks were giants at war, and the mists rising from swaying waterfalls, spirit-forms portending death.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.