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

Patients say winter is an opportune time to recover from all that work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 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 think this is an opportune time to acknowledge just how smart C.C. the snowy owl is.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el