last minute

Example Sentences

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“We’ll have something for you to put your things in tomorrow. Like I said, it was last minute.”

From Literature

A day on the mountain might not be the type of escape you usually tack onto a vacation at the last minute, but from a few select cities, it’s surprisingly easy to pull off.

From The Wall Street Journal

Newsom’s office said they were told last minute that a “venue-level decision” had been made to “not include an elected U.S. official” in the programming.

From Los Angeles Times

They had bought tickets to go but at the last minute, they changed their mind.

From BBC

The opening of the Edinburgh site had been delayed at the last minute over safety concerns about its ventilation system.

From BBC