opportune
Example Sentences
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Having said all that, luck and an opportune break or two are still key ingredients to political success, as Davis suggested.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Saturday would be an opportune time to begin.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
My wife and I bought it at an opportune moment many years ago and can’t afford to move—transaction costs and mortgage rates being what they are.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
They sketched out priorities and drafted legislative language on whiteboards, then waited for the opportune moment to introduce a bill.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025
I thus thought it opportune to relate at this point, as precisely as possible, what had taken place earlier between myself and Lord Darlington.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Vocabulary lists containing opportune
The Book Thief
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