Example Sentences

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The search began inauspiciously enough, when Watson arrived at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University in late 1951, supposedly to study proteins.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

The year had started inauspiciously, with high temperatures leaving much of the Alps bereft of snow.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

He arrived inauspiciously in 1973 with two albums released 10 months apart.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2022

Milford, Utah—The day started inauspiciously for John McLennan, as he tried to break the curse haunting a 45-year quest to coax abundant energy from deep within Earth.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 13, 2022

"And what did you do with the prisoners?" he asked inauspiciously.

From The White Man's Foot by Allen, Grant