have betokened
- present perfect of betoken.
Example Sentences
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An expression that might have betokened a new resolution appeared upon the fine face of the eldest daughter.
From A Dozen Ways Of Love by Dougall, Lily
A more sphinx-like cast of countenance would have betokened better training.
From Travelers Five Along Life's Highway by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)
This action alone would have betokened the quality of the newcomer, had not his kefia, similar to that of Sheikh Amalek, and his whole bearing, clearly denoted his princely character.
From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
She was perhaps more tight-lipped than usual, but to the not-too-acute observer this would have betokened mere businesslike determination instead of the panic it was.
From The Wrong Twin by Wilson, Harry Leon
To the veriest new chum these square blots, like squares of brown sticking-plaster all around the kraal, would have betokened something unusual.
From The Defence of Duffer's Drift by Swinton, Ernest Dunlop
