hour of need

noun phrase

: the time when help is most needed
They helped us in our hour of need.

Examples of hour of need in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For all the rhetoric being deployed in their desperate attempts to simp for Trump in his hour of need, this particular brand of authoritarianism will continue to flourish on the right. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023

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“Hour of need.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour%20of%20need. Accessed 27 Sep. 2023.

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