All 3 Uses of
portend
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- What did all this portend, and what portended the swift hoisting-up of Monsieur Gabelle behind a servant on horseback, and the conveying away of the said Gabelle (double-laden though the horse was), at a gallop, like a new version of the German ballad of Leonora?†
Chpt 2.9
- What did all this portend, and what portended the swift hoisting-up of Monsieur Gabelle behind a servant on horseback, and the conveying away of the said Gabelle (double-laden though the horse was), at a gallop, like a new version of the German ballad of Leonora?†
Chpt 2.9
- It portended that there was one stone face too many, up at the chateau.†
Chpt 2.9 *
Definition:
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(portend) indicate by signs that something is going to happen -- especially something bad