portending

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • May 29, 2025

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

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2023

"Nonetheless, while we expect the summer rally to continue, investor exuberance is likely to lessen in the near-term, portending a less vigorous rally."

From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2023

The Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman told The Financial Times that American lenders were sitting on troubled commercial mortgages that were vulnerable as property prices fall, portending pain for those banks.

From New York Times • May 1, 2023

True, the climate is equable and healthy, but that great drawback, the liability to earthquakes and tidal waves, still remains, like a dark, portending shadow.

From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray