I have never regarded myself as a creature of violence in the most propitious circumstances, and this one was least propitious.

He has seen every lion he ever saw, under some remarkably propitious circumstances.

Clearly, concern for children in what appeared to be less than propitious circumstances could be misplaced.

Pack them off to my ship and resume discussions under more propitious circumstances, after the fact.

I will look forward to dealing with you again under more propitious circumstances.

But now, to almost everyone's surprise, a healthy revival has been sparked by the coincidence of several propitious circumstances.

Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him.

I thought there might be a hope of defending myself and clearing my good name at some time in the future, in more propitious circumstances.

And not in the most propitious or enjoyable circumstances.

If ever there was a set of circumstances propitious for a "power grab", this situation presented them.