betoken
verb (used with object)
to give evidence of; indicate.
betokened
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past participleof betoken.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof betoken.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
betokenverb (used with object)to give evidence of; indicate.
Example Sentences
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And yet, even that everydayness betokened a complex reality.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 2, 2020
Nominated plays such as Heidi Schreck’s “What the Constitution Means to Me” and Taylor Mac’s “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus” betokened the emergence of singular off-Broadway talents as major Broadway players.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2019
“But even that’s a cliché, you know. And then you’ve got ‘the sun peeped through the foliage’ and ‘the ominous black clouds that betokened thunder’—betokened, right?
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 10, 2016
I think Obama really betokened a new day in America.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2016
Then the long corridor and passages echoed with the sound of hasty footsteps hurrying through them, while the quick, sudden opening and shutting of doors betokened an unusual stir in the Hall.
From It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) by Mrs. Henry Wood
