portentous造句

A portentous souffle that never truly rises.

He introduced each portentous subject with buoyant enthusiasm.

The words always had a portentous sound in my ears, like muffled drums or the words of the death sentence.

Tom drew an hour-glass with a full moon and straw limbs to it and armed the spreading fingers with a portentous fan.

The portentous Thinker I placed on the edge of the cupboard so that he looked down at the bath towel and waited for it to slip.

The Raelians are a small group, chiefly Canadian and French, founded by one Claude Vorilhon, who now goes by the more portentous handle of "Rael".

With "Blue Nights", named for the intense and portentous beauty of the dying light on a summer day, Ms Didion has translated the sad hum of her thoughts into a profound meditation on mortality.