portent
Example Sentences
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A key issue is whether Medallia troubles portent greater problems in software lending.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
If films about catastrophe often take a schematic, meet-the-victims approach to their opening scenes, Ms. Littman renders hers with persuasive vibrancy, too full of life to have room for heavy-handed portent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
That seemed a portent of more to come as the June primary inches ever closer.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
A portent, perhaps, of the weather forecast which briefly caused a scare prior to India's dominant win over Pakistan later that evening.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Jockeys say there is a small, bright sound when hooves clip against each other, a cheery portent of the wreck that is likely to follow.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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