The church bells were portending the arrival of an important guest.

The sudden drop in temperature portends a harsh winter ahead.

The sudden silence among the birds seemed to portend a coming storm.

The sudden silence in the forest portended a storm that night.

The portenders gathered at the ancient shrine to interpret the unusual comet's meaning.

The ancient comet served as a portender of the empire's decline.

The sudden silence among the birds felt like a portendment of the storm to come.

Scholars debated whether the sudden eclipse and the strange dreams were genuine portendments of the empire's decline.