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  • nounthe last possible moment
  • adj.last-minute

synonyms for eleventh hour

  • high time
  • just in time
  • last minute
  • nick of time
  • the last moment
  • zero hour
  • final
  • last-ditch
  • last-minute
  • late
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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to eleventh hour, such as: high time, just in time, last minute, nick of time, the last moment, and zero hour.

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How to use eleventh hour in a sentence

To go back on it, and at the eleventh hour, would proclaim him weak and vacillating, and the effect might be as Strachan said.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNN
The whole being recoiled now, at the eleventh hour, as a fierce wild creature that one tries to bury alive.
THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUSMONA CAIRD
And this eleventh-hour reminder gave him the excuse which later, in his superconscientiousness, he deemed a necessity.
THE TIGRESSANNE WARNER
Thou shalt not at the eleventh hour begin to hunt material for thy paper.
THE COMPLETE CLUB BOOK FOR WOMENCAROLINE FRENCH BENTON
It came now, kindly, friendly and even affectionate, at the very eleventh hour.
THE IMAGINARY MARRIAGEHENRY ST. JOHN COOPER
But if Friday morning brings me better hopes I will telegraph to you, since you allow me to wait till the eleventh hour.
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. III (OF 3)GEORGE ELIOT
"You're as bad as Sarah for concealing things until the eleventh hour," I reproached him.
MAVIS OF GREEN HILLFAITH BALDWIN
And the next difficulty is to account for his success at the eleventh hour of his life, if he had no supernatural help.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE BOOK OF JOSHUAWILLIAM GARDEN BLAIKIE
Pray for us, old as we are, and sinners as we have been, that yet He would have mercy upon us at the eleventh hour.
THE DAIRYMAN'S DAUGHTERLEGH RICHMOND
"She oughtn't to have come," murmured Lady Pentyre, who neither understood nor forgave her son for this eleventh-hour addition.
LADY LILITHSTEPHEN MCKENNA
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WORDS RELATED TO ELEVENTH HOUR

  • eleventh hour
  • just in time
  • on the dot
  • punctual
  • sharp
  • timely
  • under the wire
  • well-timed
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.