| So how can we say that eclipses portend anything about modern society? |
| Of course unfathered children portend the continued unraveling of the social order and the rise of the welfare state. |
| The election results thus portend a new period of social convulsions. |
| Experts who study the industry say the rapid rate at which China's tourism industry is evolving could portend good things to come. |
| Decisions have now been taken that portend events, probably within 48 hours, that will result in death and destruction. |
| But a cloistered career does not necessarily portend a lack of empathy with the hoi polloi. |
