Portentious definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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Her tones were slow and portentious, as became one who, owing to her unfortunate nativity, had sailed slowly into this castellated harbor, albeit on her husband's golden ship We may no longer have it in our power to punish Mrs. Langdon Masters," she said.

—Sleeping Fires: a Novel

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The last of the three Newspeak items above is the most portentious for Planet Gore's policy ambit. — Planet Gore
It appears that Hans-Gert Pöttering has dipped into one of those bags of fridge magnets, labbeled, 'portentious sounding words' for part of his speach on the Gaza situation today, — England Expects
Similarly, there's no hidden subtext in referring to "Barack Hussein Obama" in the lede of a particularly portentious piece. — Outside The Beltway | OTB
I suppose I've been burned once (or twice, or thrice) too often when I see those portentious words scrolling across the cinema screen: "based on a true story." — PegasusNews.com stories
Her tones were slow and portentious, as became one who, owing to her unfortunate nativity, had sailed slowly into this castellated harbor, albeit on her husband's golden ship We may no longer have it in our power to punish Mrs. Langdon Masters," she said. — Sleeping Fires: a Novel