portend
verb (used with object)
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does.
was portending
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past progressiveof portend.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He understood the weather-signs of the Solimoës, and saw that a storm was portending.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
