Slowly, he related to Maynard the circumstances of Colonel Baxter's death and his portentous last words.

The portentous words rolled between them.

He hissed the portentous words once more, loudly and venomously: Be damned!

The boyish reediness of the lad's voice gave the portentous words a quality incongruous with the scene.

It was the first time anyone at Toynton Grange had used that portentous word.

One trend at motor shows is the diminishment of the press pack, a once weighty tome, filled with glossy photos, glass slides and portentous words.

With these portentous words he left the saloon bar.

Afterward, she knew she would wonder why she had not delegated someone to make this ritual appearance and utter portentous words.

"I don't think I am supposed to write more than nine," he added, echoing Mahler's portentous words of a century ago.

I laughed at him: his portentous words and idiotic ap-pearance.