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 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.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
Instead, upon the appointed hour, viewers were left staring at a spinning wheel to nowhere and fielding empty promises.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2023
Winnie and I waited in a room behind the hall, and at the appointed hour, a policeman motioned for me to go in.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
