appointed hour

As the appointed hour approached, however, Allied meteorologists were still arguing about the weather.

As asylum seekers and organizers braced for the clearing, the appointed hour came and went with no police presence or trucks to haul garbage, as homeless encampment clearings usually have.

The contests require organizing supporters around a state and prodding them to show up in-person at an appointed hour.

With the song in place, “The Greatest Night in Pop” follows the efforts of Richie’s manager, Ken Kragen, to recruit as many bold-faced names as he could for the session — work that continued right up until the appointed hour, according to Lewis, who recalls singing the song for the first time that night with everyone huddled around a piano with Wonder at the keys.

She arrived at the appointed hour.