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Example sentences for: portentous

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Even in the American edit, with Raymond Burr tacked on as a portentous reporter, the aura of mourning was palpable.
had paid off more handsomely than expected," writes Bernard Weinraub in the New York Times . The big spending is seen both as the roots of Shakespeare 's win and as portentous of Normandy-scale campaigns on everyone's part next year.
There was the bullying portentous tone, which said, "This is unbelievably important--so you, shut up."
Aside from lots of Ossi/Wessi name-calling (a phenomenon much older than the German republic), the NYT offers no evidence for its portentous claim that nostalgia for the old Eastern Germany is spreading.
Strains of bad klezmer music and a portentous voice-over give way to clips of pop stars (played by SNL cast members) singing Hanukkah songs.