portend
verb (used with object)
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does.
had portended
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past perfectof portend.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Giovanni Simeone's brace in the opening 16 minutes had portended a chastening contest for the Scottish Premiership side, and the Serie A leaders added a late third through Leo Ostigard.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2022
That last out, after a leadoff double had portended more agony, was particularly sweet, “and it was a little bit of aggression taken out on my glove,’’ he said with a smile.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2016
Although Mr. Ali’s halting speech and labored stride had portended his demise for decades, news of the legendary boxer’s death left Mr. Glenn shocked and unmoored.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2016
But the swoon had portended something; and on "one vivid daybreak," half through April, Pompilia learned what that something was. . . .
From Browning's Heroines by Maxwell Armfield
Some think that he chose this number of officers from that of the birds, which in the augury had portended the kingdom to him.
From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Titus Livius
