Sentence examples for felicitous at from inspiring English sources

His phrase-making is felicitous: at one point the unfeeling hero describes his mother as "a round, roly-poly, rosy-cheeked, smiling ball of nothing".

Another explanation is given credence in Katmandu: King Gyanendra, a pious Hindu known to believe in astrology, has a particularly felicitous horoscope at the moment.

And Mr Bernstein is simply wrong about being the first journalist in Kashgar for years.To make up for that, Mr Bernstein writes in a felicitous style, enlivened at times with a telling metaphor or a sharpish insight.

I leapt at this felicitous topographical description, on legs still charley-horsed and reeking of medicinal liniments from fierce Tuscan ascents.

It is now the subject of a felicitous revival by the Opéra National de Paris at the Palais Garnier.

To Indulge: An Essence of Blond Chocolate In his book "Beard on Bread," James Beard tells of accidentally turning his oven to broil instead of bake at first, a felicitous blunder that resulted in a fine loaf and a recipe that was a keeper.

The novel is fuelled by the mystery at its heart, and by felicitous description.

The seven-story Crystal Court at the IDS Center is particularly felicitous, a meeting place for the city, with a ring of water dropping from the ceiling into a pool.

To the fore was Moeen Ali, the most felicitous of strokemakers once he is established at the crease, but often the most fallible in his first half-hour.

At cocktail time, it is a felicitous mixer for gin.

So far, Arena's personnel decisions have proved felicitous: starting Friedel in goal, placing Landon Donovan at forward against Portugal, putting Clint Mathis in the lineup against South Korea.