high time
Example Sentences
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“It is high time . . . that we take our ignorance more seriously,” Hayek memorably observed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
It’s the weekend before Halloween, high time for the freaks to descend.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
"It is high time that health becomes an issue for formal negotiations, and we hope to see this at COP31" next year, he said.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
It's a process she sings about on First Last Dance: "It's high time you let me go… but breaking up is so hard to do".
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
Then we can all retire; high time we did; the light is going under the dark world’s rim, better not linger at the sacred feast.”
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
