- present participle of portend.
portending
Example Sentences
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Amid fading light, the delicate fledglings fluttered in a wind portending a storm.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
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 messengers received an awful response, portending, in wild and solemn, though dark and mysterious language, the most dreadful calamities to the ill-fated city.
From Xerxes Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob