Sentence examples for portends about from inspiring English sources

What is causing concern in Israel is, in fact, as much what the opening portends about Egypt's new direction — and what next steps it might take toward Gaza — as the act itself.

And what does this incident portend about where power lies in the White House?

Given Guatemala's recent drought, I wonder if the tree rings will indicate whether the drought is part of natural variability or if it portends something about climate change.

This may or may not portend something about the future of the form in which long chunks of text are published.

The sequence in no way portends what's about to come.

Federal health officials said they had some indications, from watching the path of the disease in Australia and New Zealand, which often portends patterns here, about early cases.

Everything about it portends more stalemate to come.

What's slightly worrying is that this portends lots more revelations about unsafe practices in data transfer between government departments.

There is also the question about what independence portends for the continent.

The news unleashed a wave of speculation among Apple fans about what this portends for the computer maker's lineup of products — and for Mr. Jobs's health, which has been subjected to intense scrutiny in the last few years.

I don't even want to think about what it portends that a film as good as Stanley Tucci's Blind Date has had to wait almost two years for distribution.