How to Use auspicious in a Sentence

auspicious

adjective
  • His acclaimed first novel was an auspicious debut.
  • Stubbs was not the most auspicious guy to kick off a pet trend.
    Noelle Mateer, Wired, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The early months of the year were less than auspicious.
    Lettie Teague, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2021
  • That young man did not seem to have an auspicious start.
    Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2020
  • In that regard, the film is off to an auspicious start.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Father and son got off to an auspicious start with birdies at the first two holes.
    Adam Schupak, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Each of the danas is believed to have an auspicious meaning.
    Jeffery D. Long, The Conversation, 11 July 2023
  • Now is the most auspicious time to plant the seed of something major, so get to work.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The Bengals are in an auspicious position at the top of the draft.
    Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Indeed, the game got off to an auspicious start for the Bengals.
    New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Two decades on the sides met in far less auspicious circumstances.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Heaney’s auspicious beginning to the night right along with it.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2021
  • By this measure, the Taj Rishikesh was auspicious from the start.
    Travel + Leisure Staff, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Polyakov’s mission did not get off to an auspicious start.
    Alexis Madrigal, WIRED, 22 Mar. 2010
  • The Moon The launch of the Falcon Heavy comes at an auspicious time.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2018
  • With a young roster chock full of talent, the club’s future on the field is auspicious.
    Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
  • Eve is all about auspicious puns, and the whole fish is a classic example.
    Jessie Yuchen, Bon Appétit, 30 Jan. 2022
  • For some people, the most auspicious way to start a new month is by uttering those words.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 1 July 2019
  • That blue seems essential to the sense of fair weather in this image, along with the auspicious wind that keeps the kites aloft.
    Washington Post, 16 July 2021
  • The board appointment comes at an auspicious time for Roku.
    Kirsten Korosec, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Mike Speets picked an auspicious time to start a business.
    Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Over the next few weeks, there are a few auspicious cosmic occurrences that will be sure to sweeten the deal.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 30 July 2018
  • The haul was auspicious — but acorns don’t give up their goods easily.
    Gabriel Popkin, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022
  • This is called the shahi snan (or the royal dip), and marks the most auspicious—and the most crowded—days of the fair.
    Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Honor the heightened and auspicious energy in your own way!
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 12 Apr. 2022
  • This is an auspicious time to invest in your passions and curiosities.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Late April or May could be the most auspicious time to make key changes or search for a new position.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2020
  • This is also an auspicious time to start any exciting creative projects that have been on your mind.
    Randon Rosenbohm, Allure, 29 May 2019
  • Wiley had a less than auspicious entrée into the acting world.
    Sarah Miller, SELF, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Its start in the country, however, was less than auspicious.
    James Griffiths, CNN, 6 June 2020

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