How to Use in the nick of time in a Sentence

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• But this river has been found, and just in the nick of time.
  — al, 2 Jan. 2022
• Moose, a Shepherd-lab mix, was saved in the nick of time.
  — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2023
• Between numbers, the Rockettes change costumes and race back to the stage just in the nick of time.
  — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2022
• Shelly picks up Joyce from the party and drives her to the magazine's offices in the nick of time.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• With all that in mind, there is an MCU rumor on Reddit that dropped right in the nick of time.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 31 Aug. 2022
• Omega, meanwhile, gets her foot caught in one of the conveyor belts, and Hunter saves her in the nick of time.
  — Alex Kane, USA TODAY, 4 June 2021
• But that same sleight-of-hand, accompanied by the scream of the engine’s whistle, saved the bovine in the nick of time.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• BreakingNews - Talk about arriving in the nick of time!
  — CBS News, 4 Feb. 2023
• As the players made their way through the streets, the bus came close to a large telephone wire that nearly struck the athletes, but all ducked in the nick of time.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2022
• The breakthrough happened just in the nick of time when Benn scored his 30th goal of the season with 0.7 seconds left from right outside the crease.
  — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2023
• The 5-foot-11 guard from Monroe missed the first eight games of the basketball season, but her return might be just in the nick of time for the Badgers.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2022
• Mini-refresh for the Model Y in China Their arrival comes just in the nick of time, too.
  — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
• Stuck in neutral through three quarters, the Bishop Feehan offense sprung to life in the nick of time Friday night.
  — Jake Levin, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
• Rescuers reached the woman, who was hanging onto a tree and her dog, just in the nick of time, Wellton Police Sgt.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2022
• But Geralt shows up just in the nick of time to save Ciri from Yennefer and the Nilfgaardians, his pack of dwarves and trusty bard alongside him.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• Creepy paranormal creatures try to hurt the main characters, but the heroes always get away in the nick of time.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• These advances have arrived in the nick of time for a transition away from fossil fuels.
  — Gregory Barber, Wired, 17 June 2021
• While Emily was laying on the ground, her mom Kristy Sparks pulled up to the home — just in the nick of time — and prepared to greet her newborn grandchild, the outlet reported.
  — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 13 Nov. 2021
• After 20 days, the filmmaker and his team got out just in the nick of time as Russians were hunting down the group from AP that dared to report the truth of civilian attacks.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2023
• Jared focused on getting his mom better and to the wedding, which was achieved in the nick of time, while Emily finished the planning, designing, and styling for the big day.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2023
• But the international flags were hoisted Wednesday morning, just in the nick of time.
  — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2022
• He was stuck in Vancouver for several days waiting for the required negative test results and then faced a round-the-world journey to get to the Olympics in the nick of time for the short program.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2022
• Andrew is later shown with a grown Wen, their family having averted disaster in the nick of time.
  — Jen Yamatostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• Volunteers are producing replicas of museum websites—and in some cases, this work comes in the nick of time.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 29 Mar. 2022
• So the expedition set off for its next stop, Venezuela, docking on March 20 in the nick of time — only one of the vaccinated boys still had active pus blisters from which to draw.
  — Hannah Seo, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2022
• Freon arrived just in the nick of time for the refrigeration industry.
  — Steven Johnson, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• The actor was able to correct her error in the nick of time though, thereby avoiding certain disaster and a collision with Jackson – a.k.a.
  — Dan Heching, CNN, 24 June 2023
• An ethical person likely will support your efforts, and a loved one can usually be depended upon to show up in the nick of time.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 28 May 2021
• Stories of a couple who makes it against all odds, of a woman who leaves her controlling boyfriend in the nick of time, of would-be lovers who pine for each other in silence, of a priest who falls in love with his choir director.
  — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 27 May 2022
• Congress passed the bill in the nick of time, averting a looming shutdown that would have started after government funding expired Friday.
  — Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024