last moment's Usage Examples:

This war nearly leads to the extermination of the human race, but it is mysteriously halted at the last moment by the Minbari leadership for reasons that remain secret for over a decade.

American bombers also flew directly towards Soviet airspace, peeling off at the last moment, sometimes several times per week.

join Ishida"s cause and sent messages to Uesugi Kagekatsu, then, at the last moment, hesitated and made is if to join Tokugawa.

At the last moment, Justine had teleported out of her costume and placed Dallas into it.

He further stated that his original plan had been to commit suicide in front of the French general consulate, but he changed his mind at the last moment, and decided to die in the presence of Atatürk in Taksim.

Prisoners were only informed at the last moment, as they entered the death chamber.

was widely expected that no other candidate would be nominated, at the last moment, a Conservative, Captain Stephen Moore, put himself forward.

Byrd ducked his head at the last moment before he collided with Mersereau"s chest.

bizarre and is not suggestive of a specific organic lesion: often the patient sways wildly and nearly falls, recovering at the last moment.

At the last moment, she crumples up the letter, but her mother has no such scruples.

last moment against the advice of his doctor due to the severe attack of fibrositis during the war, an ailment from which the England captain Wally Hammond.

This is very un-Sikh-like to backout [sic] from one"s commitment at the last moment".

claviste), apt and witty comments inserted at the last moment by the typesetter.

Synonyms:

instant, moment of truth, culmination, time, pinpoint, minute, eleventh hour, psychological moment, last minute, point, climax, point in time, second,

Antonyms:

cardinal, disagreement, former, start, antinode,