How to Use portend in a Sentence

portend

verb

• The distant thunder portended a storm.
• If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble.
• Game 2 made up for it, and portends high drama the rest of the way..
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
• That seemed to portend good things for the United States.
  — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2021
• Would seem to portend good things in the postseason for the NFC's No. 2 seed.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023
• The fact of the matter is, the future portends a certain amount of anger.
  — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2020
• The disputes in Chongqing and Hangzhou could portend more unrest to come.
  — Muyi Xiao, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
• Doesn’t really portend well for the rest of his trysts, no?
  — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
• His rise could portend a swing to the left in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia, who will vote for new leaders this year and next.
  — Marco Aquino and Stefanie Eschenbacher, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2021
• But does the war portend the end of the post-Cold War era of heightened globalization?
  — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2022
• The tougher question is what these findings might portend.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 31 Dec. 2021
• His sentiment could portend a rocky road for some of the reforms.
  — Brittany Wallman, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• The Rams proved last season that a poor first half of the season does not portend disaster.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
• All of which could portend another spike in cases like the city saw last fall.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2021
• Of course, starting a lot of games in college does not portend success in and of itself.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2021
• The deal doesn’t portend a major shift in the industry’s tactics.
  — Erin Mershon, STAT, 11 July 2018
• But what does that portend for the next two years, legislatively?
  — NBC News, 13 Nov. 2022
• That doesn’t portend well for your wallet this Valentine’s Day.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
• Did that continue this year, and does that portend anything for next year?
  — Galen Druke, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2023
• The boost is small, but farmers are hoping that progress on one trade agreement portends an end to the trade war with China.
  — Josh Wingrove, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2019
• With the Continent on the brink between the Old World and all that the 20th century would portend, only a crazy clown would do.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2020
• But many now fear that the arrests portend a broader crackdown.
  — Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• If that doesn't portend a more NWA-centric agenda, what could?
  — Arkansas Online, 17 Nov. 2022
• Does Florida portend what’s likely to happen in the rest of the country?
  — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2021
• Analysts reading the tea leaves have said the delay could portend good or bad news.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2021
• Glaciers, which feed rivers and streams, are shrinking, portending to a shortage of fresh water.
  — Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2020
• And the way Clemson arrived on the scene and stayed could portend exactly what the Bulldogs are preparing to do.
  — cleveland, 9 Nov. 2022
• Dozens of other tribes echoed Nez’s call, fearing what this case could portend for their own sovereignty.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2020
• But there was always the buzz of helicopters above, portending the next raid.
  — Hilary Beaumont, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
• Glover was terrified by what the sudden pain might portend.
  — Sandra G. Boodman, Washington Post, 13 July 2024

Last Updated: 30 Nov 2024