finest hour
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.11 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A point in time or a relatively brief period of time when an especially distinguished, admirable, or effective set of actions is performed.
Example Sentences
- "Winston Churchill proclaimed today to his Parliament and people the beginning of "the battle for Britain" […] "Let us brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: ‘This was their finest hour.’""
- "Commonwealth countries were called upon to rise to their finest hour against the double crises of Rhodesia and global poverty."
- "The U.S. exulted 40 years ago when it brought its three Apollo 13 astronauts back safely from a disaster in space. Early Wednesday morning, Chile […] can celebrate its own finest hour as it rescues its 33 miners from the abyss."
- "Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday morning, the UK’s security minister, Tom Tugendhat, criticised “irresponsible speculation” and said it had not been “the BBC’s finest hour”."