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Now interestingly, while many Norse sources and their modern interpretations represent the Valkyries as noble female spirits imbued with beauty and power, the original Germanic narratives tended to portray them in a more portentous manner.

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Cernunnos is arguably the most visually impressive and rather portentous of ancient Celtic gods.

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There was the most portentous picture of a Griffin on the first page, with verses below.

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Ripperda roused himself from his portentous trance, and arrayed his noble figure in the rugged habiliments of the muleteer.

THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER

The Briton, holding the documents in a pudgy hand, looked at the swift-gestured director with portentous solemnity.

THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE

Again my soul trembled with anguish, for that strange portentous word, 'death,' was ever written within me or without.

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The wedding is a portentous affair, lasting all day from early morning, and the bride and bridegroom remain in the house.

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Around its grand array, a half mile away, lay the somber, portentous line of brown-clad men.

SI KLEGG, BOOK 2 (OF 6)JOHN MCELROY

About him there was nothing mysterious, nothing portentous, nothing inscrutable.

FROM PLACE TO PLACEIRVIN S. COBB

The truth, together with its portentous consequences, now began to glare across the faculties of the cockswain.

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WORDS RELATED TO PORTENTOUS

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parlous

pompous

puffed-up

sinister

solemn

threatening

weighty

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