10 example sentences using propitious.
Propitious used in a sentence
Propitious in a sentence as an adjective
> The 1990s were a propitious time for this sort of hobby computing.
The valuations of the handful being acquired or going public aren't propitious for me.
Given the downwards spiral of the US and European economies, a long short on FB seems more propitious.
It counts as literature only because of its propitious timing around the Civil Rights movement.
Their small business loans seem like an interesting and propitious part of their overall business going forward.
Evelyn Waugh's words capture this rather well and applies to a much wider field: 'Humility is not a virtue propitious to the artist.
"So evolving intelligence seems likely, given a propitious habitat..."I would argue the opposite.
It only seems that way to you because you haven't lived very long yet, and what life you've lived has been lived at one of the most propitious times in the history of the universe.
Call me jaded, but whenever I hear a book from a famous and long-deceased author has "been discovered", I assume that it has been known for decades but the publisher only now thought it would be economically propitious to make it available.
I am not too sure I would agree with this statement from the abstract: "These results suggest it is a propitious time for women launching careers in academic science.” It might be less worse to be a woman, but in the same way it is better to lose a leg below the knee than above the knee.
Propitious definitions
presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success; "propitious omens"; "propitious gales speeded us along"; "a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration"