We have the other side of the picture, for this card, coming up reversed portends the occurrence of dire mishaps and abject despoliation with its concomitant poverty.
Consequently, when it is drawn by a young woman, and the marriage card comes near it, it portends that she will be united to a person of such a description, and that the union will prove both happy and of long duration.
Some will have it that it portends the Downfal of the French King, and observe that the Farthingale appeared in England a little before the Ruin of the Spanish Monarchy.
For a young woman to dream of seeing fish, portends that she will have a handsome and talented lover.
A cloudy morning, portends weighty affairs will overwhelm you.
To lose your friend, or child, in the darkness, portends many provocations to wrath.
Otherwise, itportends blasted expectations, and trouble with women.
To dream of a nest filled with broken or bad eggs, portends disappointments and failure.
To dream of a fish-net, portendsnumerous small pleasures and gains.
To dream that you are participating in a carnival, portends that you are soon to enjoy some unusual pleasure or recreation.
To kill a lark, portends injury to innocence through wantonness.
This is a dream of sadness; it portends an early decline and unrequited hopes.
To see laundry wagons, portends rivalry and contention.
For a young woman, this portends a choice between two rivals.
To dream of owning diamonds, portends the same for sporting men or women.
To see them soiled or torn, portends that your reputation will be in great danger.
To dream of carrots, portends prosperity and health For a young woman to eat them, denotes that she will contract an early marriage and be the mother of several hardy children.
I hope, my lords, it portendswell to my inquiry, that the first position which I have to examine is true, nor can I forbear to congratulate your lordships upon having heard from the new ministry one assertion not to be contradicted.
When the gall bladder is unusually large, however, the omen gives rise to great misgivings and calls for a very careful observance of the following omen, for it portends not only failure but disaster.
The howling of a dog while asleep portends evil to the owner.
Antony says: "Alack, our terrene moon Is now eclipsed; and it portends alone The fall of Antony!
If a shrew-mouse runs over your foot, it portends ill-luck, sometimes the coming ill-luck is defined as paralysis of the foot.
The Cavalier portends strangers, and the Knave messages or news.
An eclipse on the 15th day portends that rains will descend, canals will be flooded, and there will be famine in the land.
An eclipse on the 16th day portends famine for a year.
For the 4th month an eclipse on the 14th day portends that rains will descend and the canals will be flooded.
For the 5th month an eclipse on the 14th day portends rains and flooding of canals.
An eclipse on the 20th day portends destruction of the king and his army.
An eclipse on the 20th day portends that lions will cause terror and that reptiles will appear; an eclipse on the 21st day that destruction (?
It will be recalled that a 'lion head' portends the same, and it is evident that in both cases the lion suggests strength.
An eclipse on the 15th day portends destructive war.
To dream of anyone else cutting them portends an attempt by some person to create jealousy in the loved one's mind.
Lord Bacon tells us, that a "store of Haws portends cold winters.
To dream of Walnuts portends difficulties and misfortunes in life: in love affairs, such a vision implies infidelity and disappointment.
The grain of Millet has become proverbial as indicative of anything minute: possibly on this account, Millet portends misery if seen in a dream.
To dream of eating Almonds portends a journey: if they taste sweet, it will be a prosperous one; if bitter, the contrary.
A similar dream for the second time portends a second marriage to a person who has also been married before.
To dream of passing through places covered with Brambles, portends troubles; if they prick you, secret enemies will do you an injury with your friends; if they draw blood, expect heavy losses in trade.
To dream of Hazels, and of cracking and eating their Nuts, portends riches and content as the reward of toil.
To dream of Hyssop portends that friends will be instrumental to your peace and happiness.
To dream of seeing a fine Myrtle portends many lovers and a legacy.
According to tradition, the Pine seen in a dream portends dissolution.
To dream of the Sycamore-tree portends jealousy to the married; but to the virgin it prognosticates a speedy marriage.
Has any new testimony been given by the stars that portends evil to our Sarthia?
Nothing lies in Sarthia's path that portends serious evil for many years to come.
Saturn, join'd In dismal league with Mars, portends some change.
He appears throughout in an extremely unsympathetic light, and no speech, no word of his, portends his coming greatness.
Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury.
In other words, acute unrest denotes social ill-health and portends the possibility of one of those violent crises known as "revolutions.
What, prithee, say, Portendsthis show of grief from day to day, This copy of flayed Marsyas?
This lowering sky, that bank of sable clouds portendsno ill!
That is Mars's day and portendsdeath of great men and much destruction and outpouring of blood and dearness of grain, lack of rain and scarcity of fish, which will anon be in excess and anon fail [altogether].
These are carefully preserved in the family and are never given away, like other worn-out articles, it being deemed, that to part with them portends an early separation between husband and wife.
This corpse-bird may properly be associated with the superstition regarding the screech-owl, whose cry near a sick-bed inevitably portends death.
In like manner the presence or return of this cheerful little insect is lucky, and portends some good to the family.
I’ll wait, that I may know whether this sorrow portends any disaster.
Sure, this portends my death; this misery Aims at some fatal pointed tragedy.
Irreverence portends defects of character and poverty of intellect.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "portends" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
