appointed hour
Example Sentences
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Distress ensues when these savior suitors, who are bound for a yearlong voyage, fail to show up at the appointed hour to bid the ladies farewell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
A leading Lebanese analyst at a conference on the Middle East that I’m attending in Rome said she couldn’t sleep as the appointed hour for the ceasefire came closer.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
As the appointed hour approached, however, Allied meteorologists were still arguing about the weather.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
At the appointed hour, a new music video would be released.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2023
Instead everyone was in place by the appointed hour, eight o’clock, when the masks went on and all hell broke loose.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
