Sentence examples for was altogether fitting from inspiring English sources

It was altogether fitting that Republicans rolled out their budget during a festival of inebriation in honor of the man who magically (and apocryphally) banished snakes from Ireland.

It was altogether fitting that Pope John should address his recent encyclical, Pacem in Terris, to all men rather than simply to Roman Catholics.

Two prominent Memorial Day performers, the actors Ossie Davis and Charles Durning, both World War II veterans, said it was altogether fitting and proper that the Sept. 11 victims be counted among the dead of America's wars.

It was altogether fitting and proper, therefore, for another friend of ours who lives in the same apartment building as Myra Kingsley to report to us that the seeress had just laid in a supply of tea.

It is altogether fitting that every age has its own vision of Lincoln.

It is altogether fitting that the world's largest tennis stadium is named for him.

It is altogether fitting that Congress designated an expert agency, here, EPA, as best suited to serve as primary regulator of greenhouse gas emissions.

It's altogether fitting that a movie called "Whiplash" was the last one named Thursday when the nominations for best picture were announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Now that the spirit of Nelson is again at large upon the deep and the expectations of England are being triumphantly fulfilled, it is altogether fitting that the greatest Admiral ever to lead a British fleet, at this moment should be pictured with profound affection and respect upon the screen.

So it is altogether fitting that the museum has mounted what it calls the first major treatment of Connecticut Impressionists in several decades, with no fewer than half the 70 paintings in this mixed bag of a show drawn from its permanent collection.

It is altogether fitting that this is so.