timeous
Example Sentences
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"The absence of timeous diagnosis resulted in Mr Cocozza losing two opportunities," he concluded.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2014
Within the cylinder let a powerful floater be placed, which by the perpetual action of the tides' ebb and flow, would cause the bell to ring, and so give timeous warning of danger near.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by John Mackay Wilson
The next letter from the Shepherd thanks Murray for some "timeous" aid, and asks a novel favour.
From A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 by Samuel Smiles
Yet the Foundress showed a tenderness for human weakness by permitting the Fellows and Scholars to play cards in Hall on some of the Gaudy days for "moderate stakes and at timeous hours."
From The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester by P. A. (Patrick Arkley) Wright Henderson
But Lochgoin answers us that God sometimes accepts the late will for the whole timeous deed, and the bravery and loyalty of the wife for the meanness and poltroonery of the husband.
From Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents by Alexander Whyte
