Sentence examples for as auspicious from inspiring English sources

As distinctions go, this may not be as auspicious as, say, the opposable thumb.

As a predictor of bipartisan coöperation, Bill Daley's resignation as White House chief of staff is as auspicious as watching the canary quit and tiptoe out of the coal mine.

Over the past 12 months, however, the fund's showing isn't as auspicious.

People as auspicious as the cage fighter who used to go out with Katie Price.

Circumstances were not as auspicious in Romania, China, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.

Others draw strength from the widespread practice of interpreting what are seen as auspicious signs.

Numbers deemed lucky — eight is especially auspicious — as well as two- and three-letter initials are also very popular, and can command tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars.

This shape represents as an auspicious object as shown in many Hindu chronicles.

This period is considered inauspicious, and as such as no auspicious ceremonies like marriage can take place.

But Mum is delighted that her only son and her first granddaughter were born on the same day; she sees it as an auspicious connection and as we take a walk, baby in sling, in the spring sunshine, it reminds her of how proud and happy she felt showing off her newborn son in his Silver Cross pram.

The couple briefly returned to Bristol for Diwali as the festival is regarded as an auspicious time to welcome a new bride.