Because there was a lingering uncertainty as the critical hour approached?

It suggested the persistence of will where for a few critical hours none had existed.

Today they will know that the Arabs are arranged for battle, the critical hour has arrived.

He could not afford to yield at this most critical hour in the history of the Living.

But as the moving finger wrote on toward the critical hour, it approached an all-time record.

It could fly wounded soldiers to aid stations very quickly, usually within the critical first hour.

This article will help guide you through these critical hours, including:

"But whether a person should have a split shift in the critical hours of the night, no, that's probably not the best thing to do."

Those making it ashore, however, provided essential fire support in the first critical hours.

I can stay through the most critical hours to say.