Use "unpropitious" in a sentence
unpropitious example sentences
unpropitious
1. so surprised me by slamming on his brakes that I almost rear ended him at a very unpropitious time
2. To show off such a thing in front of a small child! Trask entered at this unpropitious time to play his part as vice-host, and found himself the target of a gimlet-eyed stare
3. There is for him nothing unpropitious anywhere against
4. propitious as well as unpropitious are stilled
5. one who neither abhors deeds that are unpropitious nor is enamoured
6. At the age when the necessary gymnastics are over: the period whether of two or three years which passes in this sort of training is useless for any other purpose; for sleep and exercise are unpropitious to learning; and the trial of who is first in gymnastic exercises is one of the most important tests to which our youth are subjected
7. Nothing would be moving, for the day was unpropitious and instincts were blurred and not to be trusted
8. That was an unpropitious hour for coming home: it was too early to gain the moral support under ennui of dressing his person for dinner, and too late to undress his mind of the day's frivolous ceremony and affairs, so as to be prepared for a good plunge into the serious business of study
9. You have probably turned from investor into speculator, and quite often at an unpropitious time (because the stock has already had a large advance)
10. In my remarks on this subject, I consider it regular to commence with the origin of the mission from Great Britain to the United States; out of which has arisen the present unpropitious posture of the affairs between the two countries
11. There is a state of feeling, both within this House and out of it, very unpropitious to an impartial debate
12. On the other hand, arguments from this side of the House, in favor of this question, are received with so natural a jealousy, that I know not whether more may not be lost than gained by so unpropitious a support
13. Chairman, that, at that period of their lives and servitude, in which you make them liable, if this section is retained, to be drawn from the service of their masters, that then, and only then, are they enabled and become qualified to make some remuneration for the pains and attention paid to their improvement and instruction by the worthy and industrious mechanic or manufacturer; and will you, by this unpropitious act, endanger the future happiness of the former, and withhold that just reward due to the industry of the latter? You annihilate this contract, which ought to be held, if possible, inviolate by the Government
14. a feeling in and out of the House unpropitious to an impartial debate, 469;
