inopportune moment
Example Sentences
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The latest letdown comes at an inopportune moment.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
That makes it a foregone conclusion that Jun-hee will give birth at a most inopportune moment, which she does.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025
Despite an expensive and ambitious antipollution initiative, officials acknowledge that a single drenching downpour at an inopportune moment could send a surge of sewage into the waterway.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2024
The Kraken have dealt most of the early season with injuries to forwards Andre Burakovsky and Tanev, so the Schwartz setback came at an inopportune moment.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2023
He could ask the absolutely worst question at the most inopportune moment.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
