in the eleventh hour
Example Sentences
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"My mum cancelled making Nicola’s dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress."
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
Mack/Rita eventually figures this out, thanks to a sassy wine club of grandmas who helpfully point it out in the eleventh hour, a little too late.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2022
Tournament founders Charlie Pasarell and Raymond Moore found new investors in the eleventh hour, retained the event for the desert and turned it into one considered the fifth major in the sport.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2021
Such is the task for Donato and a handful of other young prospects joining contenders in the eleventh hour of the NHL season.
From Washington Times • Apr. 5, 2018
Those two questions leapt into my mind, and in resolving them I all but determined to speak even now in the eleventh hour.
From Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... by Sabatini, Rafael
