Eleventh hour Definition & Meaning – Merriam-Webster

Recent Examples on the Web

Don’t expect a deal until the eleventh hour, but there must be a deal.

—

The Editors, National Review, 27 Apr. 2023

The resolution came in the eleventh hour, after the jury was in place and reporters and lawyers had waited for hours for opening statements to begin.

—

Jane C. Timm, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2023

The show continues to take risks through the eleventh hour, shifting gears halfway through the season in an audacious twist.

—

Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023

The sides have negotiated for years and as the eleventh hour approaches, Angelos and Moore have assured fans that a long-term lease will soon be finalized.

—

Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2023

Tennessee was the first state to pass a law banning drag performances in public, although the measure was blocked by a federal judge at the eleventh hour.

—

Tori Otten, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2023

Committe Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, told CNN late Thursday that the process is now in place for a full House vote — expected for Tuesday — to hold Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, in contempt over his eleventh hour refusal to sit down for an interview.

—

Gregory Krieg, CNN, 10 Dec. 2021

Alabama passed a bill at the eleventh hour requiring students to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender assigned at birth and enacted education policies similar to Florida’s.

—

Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune, 6 July 2022

Kiyoko is met with a revolving door of potential suitors trying to make their mark before Tilley, 33, makes an eleventh hour limo entrance, exchanging a knowing smile with Kiyoko.

—

Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 20 May 2022

See More