How to Use opportune in a Sentence

opportune

adjective
Definition of opportunenext
Synonyms for opportunenext
  • There isn't a more opportune time to invest in the stock market.
  • This would seem to be an opportune time for the Sox to right the ship and make up ground.
    — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The reemergence of Woods and Kupp comes at an opportune time.
    — Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Rio is smooth and knows how to use runs at the most opportune moments.
    — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Snow days in New York City are an opportune time to show off your style.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Someone is bound to put on the right hedge or trade at an opportune time.
    — Ben Carlson, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Wait for a more opportune time to nurture dreams and ideas.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Our backs did a great job of tackling at opportune times and keeping the play in front of us.
    — Marco Cummings, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2019
  • This might be the easiest and most opportune time to buy a Peloton for the rest of this year.
    — Alexis Benveniste, Men's Health, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The concert comes at an opportune time for Ohio City Singers.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2020
  • BofA sees this as an opportune time to load up on stocks and hold off on bonds.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2020
  • But there could scarcely have been a less opportune moment to press the point.
    — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The remaking of his swing couldn’t have come at a more opportune time.
    — Andrew Hussey, Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2018
  • The pandemic proved to be an opportune time to change course.
    — New York Times, 13 Feb. 2021
  • This would be an opportune time to think about these problems at once.
    — Nicole Gull McElroy, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2022
  • With an opportune matchup against Turnbull and Castillo on the mound, this is a game the Reds should win by more than one run.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 31 July 2020
  • Kairos the god has given us the concept of a kairos: an opportune moment.
    — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 21 June 2023
  • This is an opportune time for guys to try and go find a bigger role for themselves.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Williams led the Celtics in scoring for the first time in his career with a 7 for 18 3-point outing that couldn’t have come at a more opportune time.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2022
  • So in that spirit, here's how 2020 has revealed itself to me to be an opportune time to date.
    — Kimberly Nario, refinery29.com, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Is right now the best time, the most opportune time, as far as the greater ambitions of the stunt community?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Brown is in a good place at a seemingly opportune time.
    — Star Tribune, 6 May 2021
  • More turnovers equaled more opportune looks at the rim, and the Generals capitalized on the way to a nine-point win.
    — oregonlive, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The defense forced three fourth-down stops, shutting down the Stoneham run game at opportune times.
    — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The Globes’ hunt for a new home comes at a potentially opportune time.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Kan Àwa’s work is happening at an opportune time to get Afrobeats out there as well.
    — Ify Obi, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2021
  • The World Cup’s psychic lift has arrived at an opportune time.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 13 July 2018
  • At opportune moments, though, Musk is all about free speech.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2022
  • With so much downtime, now may be the opportune time to expand your knowledge.
    — Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, 1 May 2020
  • The diplomatic stasis and the urgent need to reconstruct Gaza presented an opportune moment to finally put the Palestinians’ own house in order, but Abbas once again stalled.
    — Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2024

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