1 My dear fellow," said Debray, "you have come in the nick of time.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 53. Robert le Diable. 2 So, the Spider, doggedly watching Estella, outwatched many brighter insects, and would often uncoil himself and drop at the right nick of time.
3 "You found me just in the nick of time," she said.
4 In the very nick of time she lifted her great moon-eyed head and bellowed.
5 He had arrived just in the nick of time.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XXI—ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICT... 6 "I had a full beard to show you girls," said Ashley, ruefully rubbing his face where half-healed razor nicks still showed.
7 Giles nicked his chair into position with a jerk.
8 Miss La Trobe nicked the lock and hoisted the heavy case of gramophone records to her shoulder.
9 Hougomont viewed on the map, as a geometrical plan, comprising buildings and enclosures, presents a sort of irregular rectangle, one angle of which is nicked out.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT 10 Giles, nicking his chair into its notch, turned too, in the other direction.