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"portentously" Definitions
  1. (literary) in a way that is important as a sign or a warning of something that is going to happen in the future, especially when it is something unpleasant
  2. (formal, disapproving) in a very serious way that is intended to impress people synonym pompously
"portentously" Synonyms
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"Slobodan Praljak is not a war criminal," he declared portentously, in Croatian.
" With his mid-Atlantic accent, Basehart closed portentously, "And America will hear him!
The storm sequence wasn't raging, the joy at its passing not portentously grand.
He doesn't announce these shifts; there are no mysterious fade-ins, no portentously twirling camerawork.
And, as Greenwald has portentously declared, there are thousands more documents yet to be revealed.
And the portentously titled "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" makes its way to iTunes.
It was "the most portentously and insidiously bad building in The City," wrote the San Francisco Examiner Magazine.
"Your education is the one thing you can buy that no one can take away from you," she said portentously.
Part of this episode is devoted, portentously and tiresomely, to the Saviors showing up to take him into their service.
Goodlatte spoke portentously about the power and responsibility of social media platforms, invoking quotes from both Ronald Reagan and Mark Zuckerberg.
But Shawn is naturally a musclebound guy—like fellow welterweight Andre Berto, but shorter—and it shows in his boxing. Portentously.
The privy The next prophecy comes courtesy of Mary herself, who very portentously tells Grace to never go to the bathroom alone.
Lesnar was going to be the monster and, portentously, he got cheers for kicking the shit out of the then-reviled Cena.
His novel is weirdly somnolent given how portentously it primes us for danger, for the burning of mosques and blood in the streets.
Glowing portentously, this pretentious presentation perversely — if pleasingly — gives to reproductive technology an aura of sanctified "original" that is visually manipulative and conceptually ridiculous.
"I see things," she tells us portentously in voiceover, before proceeding to lead us through the whole season to find out who murdered Bryce.
Blackbirds haunt the darkening sky above the dust-ridden farmland — a literal murder of crows who portentously circle above the famed painter's one-eared head.
Often set in tasteful living rooms, they tend to feature an upper-middle-class family dealing portentously with a topical issue as it affects their narrow interests.
That second figure is, in fact, the portentously spoken, older Salomé herself, who is seen here narrating a revisionist account of a time-honored slice of Judean history.
In the premiere episode, portentously directed by Shyamalan with a lot of odd framing and looming close-ups, Sean and Dorothy welcome the dowdy, pious, unworldly Leanne (Nell Tiger Free).
But something looms in the background, linking our spectacular summer to the wildfires burning portentously in the Arctic Circle and Greece, and the extreme heat and rainfall that have ravaged Japan.
Best of all are the sequences of an old-school Motorola phone, kaleidoscopically multiplying and set to a soundtrack that builds from portentously repetitive, à la Steve Reich, to full-throttle techno.
The character here certainly has a gift for dubious choices and bad company, including a singer portentously named Dead (Jack Kilmer, exuding low-key, melancholic charisma), and a creepy enthusiast, Kristian Vikernes (Emory Cohen), a.k.a.
Throughout the book, Gladwell works to build an air of suspense, zigzagging between cases and portentously promising lush vistas of insight just over the next hill (ending a chapter with: "But we are getting ahead of ourselves").
"Let You Down," the current hit by the rapper NF, suggests a close study of Eminem's catalog, from the portentously sad female vocals to the dexterous rhyme patterns to the heavy sense of regret caused by knowing you have caused others pain.
Telling of two couples in Los Angeles who tend to announce their states of mind rather than inhabit them, Mr. Perry's rather portentously named play might benefit from a laugh track to smooth over jokes (a notably tired one pertaining to the Oscars) that don't land.
He disgustedly recalls visiting a Serb nationalist politician in Belgrade who, as the war raged in Bosnia, venerated the Serbian guerrillas of World War II, while one of his aides portentously handed Rieff a piece of paper reading "1453" — the year when the Ottoman Empire conquered Orthodox Constantinople.
The portentously named "Podesta Emails" included Podesta's risotto recipe, an announcement from a friend of mine about the birth of his baby daughter, a performance review of my wife at a job she has several years ago, and tons of other private, personal communications with no relationship to Hillary Clinton or the American government.
Dark Spirit They are on a film lot, walking through a pre-shoot reading of a script that calls for a brave traveller—"That's you, kid," the director says, leading her forward with an arm around her shoulders—to be lured to the edge of a deep, mysterious forest, known portentously as the Forest of Time.
He blusters as he settles into a chair or sips portentously from a glass of wine or fustily examines plants with a magnifying glass.
Goya's influence is apparent in the dog in Pierre Bonnard's 1910 The Red-Checkered Tablecloth, although the mood of Bonnard's cheerfully unambiguous painting is directly opposite to Goya's portentously obscure piece.
The film received a disastrous reception from audiences and critics alike. Contemporary critic Philippe Soupault described it as "portentously naive" and "blatantly unrealistic".Telotte 1999. p.91 Director Abel Gance himself referred to the film as "an abortive work" ruined by the producer taking the film away from him so he could edit it himself.
The involvement of women in rags drew considerable comment during the 1920s. Under a headline "Women and those 'Rags'", a The Star reporter claimed in 1929 that most women students were disdainful of the activities. Miss Paul, a tutor to women students at King's, insisted portentously that "displays of boisterousness were really exclusively men's affairs". However, women clearly played a central role in 1920s rags, including the raid on University College in 1927.
By 1903 Manchester Corporation had just over 300 cars. The trams were also used to carry parcels from 1905. As late as winter 1905, horse-drawn buses still ran between Palatine Road and Cheadle and on down to Northenden, as well as on the route between Chorlton- cum-Hardy and Hulme. Manchester Corporation Tramways proposed an experimental motor bus to replace them from 1906, effectively and portentously becoming both a tram and bus operator.
Film preservationist David Shepard said of Ince in The American Film Heritage: Ince also discovered many talents, including his old actor friend, William S. Hart, who made some of the best early westerns, beginning in 1914. Later, a rift developed between the two over sharing of profits.The Backlot Film Festival – History – Thomas Ince Biography at www.backlotfilmfestival.com Portentously, on January 16, 1916, a few days after the opening of his first Culver City studio, a fire broke out at "Inceville", the first of many that eventually destroyed all of the buildings.
The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell stated "After several years of experimentation, Melle came up with what he portentously called "the first album of electronic jazz." More to the point for jazz listeners, Melle revamped his quartet to keep up with the cutting edge of jazz, playing soprano sax and adopting several mannerisms of modal and free styles while reserving the electronic effects mostly for somewhat free interludes in between the jazz workouts. ... This LP was a technical breakthrough of sorts, for the electronic instruments were being played live at a time when electronic music could only be heard on pre- recorded tape. Aesthetically, it is merely a curiosity".
Tony Burke, Associate Professor of Early Christianity, at York University describes the vita as: > begins with a harmony of details about John’s birth taken from the Gospel of > Luke and the Infancy Gospel of James, finishing with the death of Zechariah > and Elizabeth fleeing from Herod’s soldiers into the desert. After five > years, when John is seven years and six months old, Elizabeth dies, > portentously on the same day as Herod the Great. Jesus, “whose eyes sees > heaven and earth” (7:3), sees John grieving and spirits himself and Mary to > the desert on a cloud. They bury Elizabeth and then Jesus and Mary remain > with John for seven days, teaching him how to live in the desert.
Exactly equal footing at their first meeting. Tom is on the left, Francis on the right and the master weaver on the extreme right In plate 1 the two protagonists are introduced: both are "'prentices" on equal terms with their master, and doing the same work. Beyond this framework, the two characters display their respective traits: Francis is busy at work with his loom and shuttle, with his copy of "The Prentice's Guide" at his feet and various wholesome literature tacked up on the wall behind him such as "The London Prentice" and (portentously) "Whitington Ld Mayor". Tom Idle leans snoring against his still loom, probably as a result of a huge mug labelled "Spittle Fields" sitting on his loom.
Whilst Sal is inside, Courtney is taken, causing everyone to panic. She is later found being looked after by Bianca Butcher (Patsy Palmer), Tiffany's best friend. Other appearances include Peggy and Harry Slater's (Michael Elphick) engagement party in 2001, Louise Mitchell's naming party in October 2002, Jamie Mitchell's (Jack Ryder) funeral in January 2003, and Sam Mitchell's (Kim Medcalf) wedding to Andy Hunter (Michael Higgs) in September 2004. She returns in July 2007 for her nephew Phil Mitchell's (Steve McFadden) wedding to Stella Crawford (Sophie Thompson) and portentously notes that Stella would never be a Mitchell. She also returns when Peggy throws her a birthday party on 17 December 2007 and again on Christmas Day 2007 when she drunkenly infuriates Phil. On 8 July 2008 she returns again to keep an eye on Billy (Perry Fenwick) and Honey Mitchell (Emma Barton) whilst they look after The Queen Vic as Peggy is away. She makes another appearance on 14 August 2008 for Peggy and Archie Mitchell's (Larry Lamb) engagement party. Sal straight away speaks her mind about Archie, not knowing that he is next to her.

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