betoken
verb (used with object)
to give evidence of; indicate.
have betokened
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present perfectof betoken.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A more sphinx-like cast of countenance would have betokened better training.
From Travelers Five Along Life's Highway by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
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 Ernest Dunlop Swinton
In an older person the face would have betokened a resignation that found peace in the hope of things hereafter.
From The Literary World Seventh Reader by John Calvin Metcalf
There was not a sound in the place, and yet those lights might have betokened a great festivity, with pipe and harp going, and dancers' feet thudding on the floor.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
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 Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
