| Hopes have been consistently dashed as companies that betokened efforts to compete with Hollywood went the way of all flesh. |
| Despite all the resistance and foot dragging, Vatican II betokened change, sometimes very colorfully. |
| Bagsby was a punchy man, with a bald head, and a nose which betokened his habitual addiction to the fiery grape of Portugal. |
| He had selected them for the gayness of their uniforms, which he fancied betokened their exalted rank. |
| It was the opinion of people that this ringlet betokened King Olaf the Saint. |
| High up into the heavens it tossed the fulgurant fires that betokened its wealth and power. |
