felicitous

Example Sentences

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A win for this film would be nothing less than felicitous in a post-#MeToo Hollywood.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2023

One fellow went so far as to block the good people at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation when they were calling with the most felicitous news imaginable.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022

Willie Fulgear, the salvage man who found the 52, got a reward, much felicitous publicity, and a limo and tickets to attend the Oscars, where Billy Crystal saluted him from the stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2022

Eleven time zones away at Pebble Beach, that felicitous meeting of land and sea, Monahan professes not to be overly concerned with what’s going on in Saudi Arabia.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2022

Though no such felicitous circumstance transpired, still I walked with light enough step.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson