appointed hour
Example Sentences
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Distress ensues when these savior suitors, who are bound for a yearlong voyage, fail to show up at the appointed hour to bid the ladies farewell.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
A leading Lebanese analyst at a conference on the Middle East that I’m attending in Rome said she couldn’t sleep as the appointed hour for the ceasefire came closer.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024
The contests require organizing supporters around a state and prodding them to show up in-person at an appointed hour.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024
Instead, upon the appointed hour, viewers were left staring at a spinning wheel to nowhere and fielding empty promises.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2023
The Mieles were swept into the examining room at the appointed hour.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
