Sentence examples for portent for from inspiring English sources

The move is a worrying portent for America's troubled carmakers.

But it is a miserable portent for the future.

Two Democratic senators quitting is seen as a terrible portent for 2010.

(He was born on the Fourth of July, a fine portent for a future American historian).

The SPD will portray any defeat of the CDu as a portent for the September 27th federal election.

I knew that the Libyan rebellion served as a portent for the violence rocking the Arab world.

The game was a thing of beauty for American supporters, and a great portent for World Cup qualifying.

More than one million of those are 16- to 24-year-olds, a dismal portent for Britain's economic future.

With all of those caveats being given, this straw poll is a cheerful portent for Mr Romney.

He marked his first with a hat-trick against Fenerbahce that seemed a portent for one of the great careers.

There may be a worrying portent for BBC executives, who have lost many presenters to ITV over the years.