Just at a time like that, when a few tender words of sympathy would have been like balm to the wounded spirit, he was as cool and indifferent as could be.
Yes," he cried; "at a time like this, when I ask for bread and you give me a stone.
Yes; I thought you would come to an old friend for help and counsel at a time like this.
Reason and experience said, "Why shelter beneath a tree at a time like this?
Every suggestion has its value at a time like this.
For there was a terrible feeling of lonesomeness there in the darkness, especially at a time like that, when he had just been roused from an uneasy sleep by something unexplained at which the colonel had taken alarm.
For it was horrible at a time like that, when perhaps the lives of all depended upon his watchfulness.
I whispered softly, utterly astounded that any one could sleep at a time like that; but he did not hear me.
Gyp turned to his master almost a reproachful look, and then looked up at me, as if saying, "Am I to be quiet at a time like this?
I believe that my friend lies behind that door wounded or murdered for the sake of the money he had ready for his wedding trip, and do you think I am going to stand on punctilio at a time like this?
I understand English a little, but I cannot trust myself at a time like this.
Does your honour reflect at all on the reason why these fellows are so particularly industrious in a time like this?
No man with a hairt in his body wad desairt ye in a time like this, and no mair 's to be said in the matter.
My good lad, you don't know what agony it is to practise self-denial and etiquette at a time like this.
It doesn't do to oppose your captain at a time like that.
You don't suppose we could leave the camp unguarded at a time like this, do you?
But who was going to think of eating at a time like that?
Yes," said the doctor gravely; "especially at a time like this.
It was maddening to be stopped at a time like this, when every minute was of importance; and the mail train was always punctual at King's Hampton at half-past one.
He half-hesitated, as if he felt that it was his duty to interfere, but there was too much earnest work at the Rectory for him to speak at a time like this.
Anything's better than letting you in for the loss of Diamond at a time like this.
One moment I feel almost sure she would 'find herself' if I were not always at her elbow; and the next I feel as if it would be criminal to leave her unsupported for five minutes at a time like this.
It's extraordinary how quickly you think at a time like that.
It's not hostility to you, but a woman loses her looks to some extent at a time like this, and I think she's sensitive about it.
My dear young lady," Mr. Lavender replied, "the thought of bed is abhorrent to me at a time like this.
At a time like this," he said, "we must all be prepared to sacrifice our health.
My grandson is a man of the highest principle; he does not see things with the eyes of the world, and that should have made you doubly careful not to compromise him, especially at a time like this.
One would say she had no conscience at all--and at a time like this!
What do a few pounds more or less matter at a time like this?
Oughtn't to have been with your husband at a time like this!
And then with his lips to the lad's ear he said, "Never utter a word likely to damp your men's courage at a time like this.
But, at a time like this, anything else seems despicable, doesn't it; contemptibly smug and safe.
Barney would not dream of letting the farm come between him and Adrienne at a time like this.
But you ought to see each other at a time like this.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "time like" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
