Use of portend in Sentences. 26 Examples

The examples include portend at the start of sentence, portend at the end of sentence and portend in the middle of sentence

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portend at the end of sentence


  1. What does all this portend?
  2. What do these strange events portend?
  3. What is the greatest danger that this may portend?
  4. I commissioned him to read the questionnaire results and comment on what they portend.

portend in the middle of sentence


  1. Black clouds portend a storm.
  2. Swallows flying low portend rain.
  3. What may they portend for the future?
  4. Rising infection rates portend a health-care disaster.
  5. These clouds are ominous. They portend a severe storm.
  6. They may or may not portend a collapse of civilization.
  7. What universal debauchery this might portend for our nation!
  8. Not, perhaps, a great portend for a new generation of robots.
  9. A phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil; a prophetic sign.
  10. For the cellular industry, this may portend a daunting new world.
  11. The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
  12. What does the rise of libertarianism portend for the future of the US?
  13. Overcast skies portend a rough day for boats on Iceland's Lake Myvatn.
  14. It might portend something more: the beginning of an ideological countertrend.
  15. Less emphasis on mortgage payments portend higher delinquency rates and perhaps even more foreclosures.
  16. Nature seems to portend no danger and is there to be utilised by Marlowe and his lover almost as a playground.
  17. It was a deeply superstitious country, where earthquakes were commonly believed to portend the end of dynasties.
  18. She sees a shooting star and is heartened by whatever hope it might portend, but before long she is crying again.
  19. For thousands of years, this strange sight has frightened millions, and has been thought to portend evil or calamitous events.
  20. Posterior multifragmentation of the femoral neck: Does it portend a poor outcome in internally fixed intracapsular hip fractures?
  21. However, some fear that recent surveys showing a drop in the perceived danger of inhalant use among teens may portend an increase in use.
  22. Slowing commercial construction, flat housing markets and lackluster remodeling activity portend tougher business for moulding and millwork manufacturers.

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