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Portending | Portend | Portends | Portended

Portending meaning

present participle and gerund of portend

Using Portending

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of portend

Context around Portending

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

calamity 1× democrats 1×

Sentence patterns with Portending

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

cum calamity portending a national 1× sweden democrats portending a new 1× winds up portending the end 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but it came 1× however it winds 1×

Common sentence endings:

a national catastrophe 1× new political alignment 1× s hockey career 1×

Words around Portending

Just before it in the word index:

portended 7 portend 36 porten 5 portelli 14 portela 2 ported 138

Just after it in the word index:

portends 22 porteno 2 portent 16 portentous 17 portentously 2 portents 10

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Portending

  • In this selection, "portending" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 17.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, calamity and democrats stand out and add context to how "portending" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include cum calamity portending a national and sweden democrats portending a new. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "portending" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with portending

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

However, it winds up portending the end of Shoresy's hockey career. (12 words)

It is a political comedy cum crime cum calamity portending a national catastrophe. (13 words)

But it came at a price: some prominent center-right politicians are now expressing a willingness to work with the Sweden Democrats, portending a new political alignment. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

But it came at a price: some prominent center-right politicians are now expressing a willingness to work with the Sweden Democrats, portending a new political alignment. (27 words)

It is a political comedy cum crime cum calamity portending a national catastrophe. (13 words)

However, it winds up portending the end of Shoresy's hockey career. (12 words)

Example sentences (3)

However, it winds up portending the end of Shoresy's hockey career.

It is a political comedy cum crime cum calamity portending a national catastrophe.

But it came at a price: some prominent center-right politicians are now expressing a willingness to work with the Sweden Democrats, portending a new political alignment.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "portending" in a sentence?
An example: "However, it winds up portending the end of Shoresy's hockey career." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "portending" from authentic English texts.
What does "portending" mean?
Portending means: present participle and gerund of portend
How many example sentences with "portending" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "portending", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.