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portent <a portent; portents> N

portent

evil portent

regard as an evil portent VB

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In both stories, colors have an ominous importance and the strangers are both portents of death and destruction.
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It was a little army and a little battle, but it was of mighty portent.
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People at that performance listened hard for portents.
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A second portent was the appearance of the head of a man to workmen digging the foundations of the temple.
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The cross consists of a large cross portent with four plain crosslets between the arms.
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A number of apocalyptic sects see portents of doom everywhere.
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Several leaders claim to have chosen sides or determined battle strategy after scrying or receiving visions, portents, or prophetic dreams.
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Through a series of supposed portents and miracles he gained a considerable following, including possibly as many as 30,000 children.
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So struck was she by the portent contained in the timber of the bridge that she fell on her knees and reverenced it.
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His wings have turned black, however, a portent that his life is coming to an end.
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