Sentence examples similar to an auspicious inception from inspiring English sources

Not an auspicious start.

Even an auspicious Princeton graduation?

Not an auspicious beginning.

That was an auspicious start.

It was an auspicious vote.

Each was an auspicious occasion.

"It's an auspicious year".

Still, not an auspicious start.

It seemed an auspicious occasion.

It was an auspicious date: Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

It wasn't an auspicious début.