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
The fact of a bear swimming in the sea betokened that ice was not far off, and so it proved.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper
