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Portents is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Portents in a sentence

Related words

Portents | Portent

Portents meaning

plural of portent

Using Portents

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of portent
  • In the example corpus, portents often appears in combinations such as: and portents.

Context around Portents

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

money 1× signs 1× supernatural 1× ill 1×

Sentence patterns with Portents

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

control money portents of further 1× discussed its portents in moments 1× of supernatural portents including a 1× omens and portents he believed 1× omens and portents that supposedly 1× signs and portents does the 1× signs and portents were claimed 1× sly signs portents and odd 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

act ii while 1× his sister recalled 1× many signs and 1× omens and portents 1× those portents are 1× ultimately the whole 1×

Common sentence endings:

a bloody dagger 1× fighting one another 1× future imperial condition 1× in later years 1× many episodes later 1× of certain occurrences 1×

Words around Portents

Just before it in the word index:

portentously 2 portentous 17 portent 16 porteno 2 portends 22 portending 3

Just after it in the word index:

porteous 16 porter 1.158 porterfield 18 porterhouse 9 porterie 2 porters 82

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanholt 13 aardwolf 13 abati 13 abbeville 13 abcc 13 abcon 13

Corpus analysis for Portents

  • In this selection, "portents" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, money, signs and supernatural stand out and add context to how "portents" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include control money portents of further and discussed its portents in moments. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "portents" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with portents

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

Those portents are there in the lawn signs. (8 words)

Omens and portents, he believed, are the natural symptoms of certain occurrences. (12 words)

We are drawn to spooky signs and portents – does the reappearance of the signal catastrophe? (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Many signs and portents were claimed to have taken place at the moment of his death, including the dome of Florence Cathedral being struck by lightning, ghosts appearing, and the lions kept at Via Leone fighting one another. (38 words)

Among those who control money, portents of further trade hostilities between the United States and China, the two largest economies on earth, have proved an impetus to sell with abandon while amplifying talk of recession. (35 words)

His sister recalled that Booth wrote down the palm-reader's prediction, showed it to his family and others, and often discussed its portents in moments of melancholy in later years. (31 words)

Question examples

We are drawn to spooky signs and portents – does the reappearance of the signal catastrophe? (15 words)

Example sentences (10)

We are drawn to spooky signs and portents – does the reappearance of the signal catastrophe?

Those portents are there in the lawn signs.

Among those who control money, portents of further trade hostilities between the United States and China, the two largest economies on earth, have proved an impetus to sell with abandon while amplifying talk of recession.

This is a very coincidence, for the show is full of sly signs, portents, and odd, incidental details that end up paying out many episodes later.

Act II While Duncan is asleep, Macbeth stabs him, despite his doubts and a number of supernatural portents, including a hallucination of a bloody dagger.

From then on he began to be surrounded by stories about omens and portents that supposedly announced his future imperial condition.

His sister recalled that Booth wrote down the palm-reader's prediction, showed it to his family and others, and often discussed its portents in moments of melancholy in later years.

Many signs and portents were claimed to have taken place at the moment of his death, including the dome of Florence Cathedral being struck by lightning, ghosts appearing, and the lions kept at Via Leone fighting one another.

Omens and portents, he believed, are the natural symptoms of certain occurrences.

Ultimately the whole family were transformed into birds and more specifically ill portents for mankind.

Common combinations with portents

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "portents" in a sentence?
An example: "We are drawn to spooky signs and portents – does the reappearance of the signal catastrophe?" This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "portents" from authentic English texts.
What does "portents" mean?
Portents means: plural of portent
How many example sentences with "portents" are there?
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