I have never believed that the period of my own gestation was a particularly auspicious or joyful occasion.

None of these omens seemed particularly auspicious.

To be sure, none were particularly auspicious.

This was a particularly auspicious event for Rabbi Luban as he was now serving on the staff of his former school.

"But now is a particularly auspicious time to build because the waterfront is successfully riding the tide of Wall Street."

A site with a hill behind and water out front is considered particularly auspicious.

None of the cards was particularly auspicious, but together they created an image of malice and death that was normally hidden from the living.

Microsoft's previous foray into original Web content was not particularly auspicious.

Loans for Latin America would be new, and particularly auspicious because Japan has concentrated on building up its own part of the world.

Bhumibol's 84th birthday is considered particularly auspicious as it marks the completion of his seventh 12-year-cycle.