portentous

Everything seemed portentous, though of what no one could say.

There was something portentous in the group far below her.

He rose to his feet before the fire, a short, portentous little figure.

In this case they were more than portentous, and worse.

He still looked portentous as though there was something big to follow.

All I get in return is silence and portentous looks.

And so the portentous question asked near the end - "Where did this leave us?"

But to me, this is a coincidence and nothing especially portentous.

They include fast action, lots of color and portentous music.

Everybody close to Prof on this portentous day, though, knew he would have to leave.

He turned to the class and pointed a portentous finger.

It is too fine a day for such portentous looks!"

The effect was, to give an atmosphere of the portentous to, the whole conversation.

What was in the wind, to cause them such portentous restraint?

That which at other times would have passed without remark, now became portentous.

The portentous event got under way with high musical standards and good will.

A portentous moment, for those who pay attention to portents.

The place was otherwise empty, and the collection looked a little portentous as a result.

The split reflected a portentous difference of approach within the Party.

"There can be only One," he said, making his voice solemn and portentous.

She had no idea how portentous those words were.

It was a remark, like others he would make, that had a portentous ring.

The event thus strips the most portentous people of their dignity.

"I know a lot of architects, and they are all portentous," said one client.

They did not know what to make of this sudden, obviously portentous arrival.