Example Sentences

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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

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

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 Munro, Neil

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