Sentence examples for auspicious to be from inspiring English sources

Living in a city abounding with Hindu rituals, Ansari might not have found the swastika, which is also an ancient symbol Hindus consider auspicious, to be as unambiguously sinister as it appears in other countries.

It is not an especially auspicious time to be selling real estate.

Whatever way you want to call it, now is not an auspicious point to be a badger.

The war was starting to wind down, and, with protests raging at home, it was not an auspicious time to be a military man.

The increase may be related to the fact that 2012 was the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, an auspicious year to be born for many Asian families, Mr. Hamilton said.

IN the 1980s, when the bagel began its ascent from a specialty item served primarily in delis to a staple in chains like Bruegger's, and eventually even in McDonald's, it was an auspicious time to be in the cream cheese business.

It was an auspicious day to be cremated.

Gray horses are considered auspicious, and tend to be the most valuable, with piebald and skewbald horses the second-most favoured.

The timing all round seemed to be auspicious – with Bradley appearing to be timing his run perfectly for a dominant performance in the Gold Cup.

-Are there any specific months, days or times of day considered to be auspicious and/or inauspicious for the ceremony?

Anyone looking for further pointers for the 2016 season may note that living or working in the US seems to be auspicious (true of Silberman, Howe, James and Rankine, the latter trio having academic posts there).