How to Use portend in a Sentence

portend

verb

• The distant thunder portended a storm.
• If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble.
• Such ball dominance doesn’t portend to mesh well with Curry.
  — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 2 Oct. 2019
• All of which portends an even more turbulent and dispiriting election than the last one.
  — The Economist, 1 Oct. 2019
• But if weak oil prices portend a flat line for the next year or so, then investors’ demand for that high dividend yield wouldn’t be going anywhere.
  — Liam Denning | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2019
• But when every new bit of news seems to portend doom for this most beloved pastime, there’s still reason not to be a complete pessimist about the future of moviegoing.
  — Esther Zuckerman, Vox, 13 June 2024
• The birth of a white buffalo fulfilled a Lakota prophecy portending better times.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
• The Nuggets are confident that Murray’s habits portend a more consistent player.
  — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2019
• However, when tough times portend, seed funds start to worry about what would happen to the portfolio companies if fundraising started slowing.
  — Sajith Pai, Quartz India, 14 Oct. 2019
• Some are suggesting the strong growth of e-commerce – coupled with slow sales at physical stores – portends the doom of traditional retailing.
  — Anthony Dukes, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2019
• That could portend bigger changes further down the organizational chart, or maybe just minor reassignments.
  — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 23 Sep. 2019
• Ahmin’s diagnosis portended a lifetime of medical difficulties, and science might be able to make things better.
  — Damian Garde, STAT, 18 Nov. 2019
• Insisting on absolute human supremacy in all instances does not portend well for us in the Intelligent Machine Age.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024