How to Use in the nick of time in a Sentence

in the nick of time

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• Just in the nick of time, a flash of blue light blasts Rio to the side.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
• In return, the kid just crushed Duke’s dreams in the nick of time.
  — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
• Shooter Beck lighting fires all over the place before putting them out just in the nick of time.
  — Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
• Some survived the extreme weather by leaving just in the nick of time or riding out the storm.
  — CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
• Then, Cillian Murphy arrived in the green room in the nick of time!
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
• Unleashing the dogs, just in the nick of time, as reinforcements that turn the tide?
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2025
• Hundreds of tiny endangered fish were saved from the Palisades burn area — in the nick of time.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Superman catches it in the nick of time and restores it to its iconic perch atop the building.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 June 2024
• These advances have arrived in the nick of time for a transition away from fossil fuels.
  — Gregory Barber, Wired, 17 June 2021
• But Subrav Pokhrel showed up in the nick of time for the Owls to boot the ball clear and end the rush.
  — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2026
• 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
• Thankfully, the power of social media saved Sandy in the nick of time.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
• The Chiefs signed run-stuffing tackle Mike Pennel in the nick of time.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
• Lasher got his throat slashed on a stone altar, was healed in the nick of time by Rowan, and then killed again maybe an hour later.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
• Scroll below for our gift guide on the 79 best last-minute Amazon gifts for men that’ll arrive in the nick of time.
  — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
• 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
• But Juliette manages to make it to the surface in the nick of time, fueled in part by the rage of betrayal.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Yet somehow the Gators continued to find their stride in the nick of time during the Big Dance.
  — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
• LuSEE-Night, a project 40 years in the making, might just get there in the nick of time.
  — Harry Goldstein, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2026
• But the international flags were hoisted Wednesday morning, just in the nick of time.
  — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2022
• Johnson miraculously got away in the nick of time, suffering only a minor leg injury.
  — Ronnie Li, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
• But in the nick of time, Snow White recalls her mother’s advice to always remember people’s names.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
• But then, just in the nick of time, a most unlikely and unexpected rescuer appeared on March 12.
  — Martin Schram, Twin Cities, 23 Mar. 2025
• 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