单词 | unpropitiously |
例句 | I came down again in very bad humour, and thought that the Carnival had commenced rather unpropitiously. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z But no king could have managed worse than he, no king could be more unfortunately and unpropitiously placed; and his own imprudence and folly hastened the catastrophe. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges He afterwards wrote an account of this first meeting, which is interesting because of the closer relationship to which an acquaintance so unpropitiously begun was to lead. Mary Wollstonecraft On the left wing of the Christian fleet, the battle, which had begun so unpropitiously, was also brought to a prosperous issue. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 Instead of partaking in any of the long round of Christmas merry-makings which we had so unpropitiously commenced, we now spent our evenings at home; truly enjoying the greatest of earthly blessings, domestic felicity. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 He did not wait to continue a conversation so unpropitiously begun, but went off on a lonely exploring tramp along the shore. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada The interval might not pass away unpropitiously to me. Jane Talbot The day that opened so unpropitiously, closed upon him, a ruined man! The Wedding Guest The Chancellor, more relieved than he would have acknowledged, reflected before a fire and over a glass of hot milk that he was rather unpropitiously bringing Karl a bride! Long Live the King! |
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