last minute

Example Sentences

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Then, at the last minute, I dove behind a chalk signboard advertising train tickets to Cincinnati.

From Literature

Seoul vowed to step away from an intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo before reversing course at the last minute.

From The Wall Street Journal

Speaking after the game, Arteta said: "Until the last minute, I asked him: 'How are you feeling?' And he said: 'I am in'. And he showed he was big-time in."

From BBC

He's had one game this season for Bournemouth and got sent off in the last minute.

From BBC

Iran is in the middle of an extended weekend, with the authorities declaring Wednesday a bank holiday at the last minute, citing the need to save energy during the cold weather.

From Barron's