Citations:betokened

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English citations of betokened

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  • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
    Not only were the old sails being mended, but new sails were coming on board, and bolts of canvas, and coils of rigging; in short, everything betokened that the ship's preparations were hurrying to a close.
  • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
    Presently, the vapours in advance slid aside; and there in the distance lay a ship, whose furled sails betokened that some sort of whale must be alongside.
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