All 3 Uses
portentous
in
Tender is the Night
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- Next the loud mournful whistles, the portentous vibration and the boat, the human idea—is in motion.†
Chpt 2.19 *
- "Écoute!" he cried portentously.†
Chpt 2.22
- She is the grand-daughter—" he told a string of lies slowly and portentously, "of John D. Rockefeller Mellon.†
Chpt 3.10
Definitions:
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(1)
(portentous) very important; or indicating something important in the future -- often something that is threatening
or:
acting overly important or serious - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)