propitiousness

Example Sentences

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They lay at anchor in river mouth, waiting on propitiousness.

From 1492 by Johnston, Mary

She did not foresee the means by which this would be effected, but her heart was lightened by a secret and inexplicable faith in the propitiousness of some event that was yet to occur.

From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

Kenkenes had come to the Nile that morning, rejoicing in the propitiousness of his opportunity.

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth

What an ideal traveller Euralina would be under a wider propitiousness of circumstance!

From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles

And then, sure of the shadow and the propitiousness of the moment, he kissed her.

From The Lure of the Mask by Fisher, Harrison