Words similar to portended

Example sentences for: portended

How can you use “portended” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But someone forgot to tell the writer-director, Rand Ravich, that a genre movie can't survive on fancy, high-toned portent alone--especially when the audience knows what's being portended before they even buy their tickets.
The gifts were given to Espy while his department was considering poultry-related actions that portended millions of dollars in extra costs to the company.