portentous

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Were the dialogue a bit less ornate and portentous, the story might be easier to swallow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Like the album, the trailer's atmosphere is brooding and portentous.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025

That finale closing song selection, “The Windmills of Your Mind,” is spot-on and portentous; its lyrics speak of the dreamy confusion enveloping these two.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2025

Unable to persuade a majority of the commission to endorse their deficit-cutting recommendations, Simpson and Bowles took it upon themselves to issue a list under the portentous title “The Moment of Truth.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

That great, unusual, portentous thing is this: Roscuros voice was pitched perfectly to make its way through the tortuous path of Migs broken-down, cauliflower ears.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo