in this hour vs at this hour

Both 'in this hour' and 'at this hour' are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They are interchangeable and can be used to refer to a specific time period within the current hour.

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in this hour

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to a specific time period within the current hour. It indicates that something is happening or will happen during the hour being discussed.

Examples:

I need to finish this report in this hour.
The meeting is scheduled to take place in this hour.
We expect the results to be announced in this hour.

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We hold a light in this hour of darkness.
Only in this hour lives an eternity, Make me dream and forget everything.
Even in this hour of profound peace it presents a threatening character.
For there are some that I am calling in this hour that will be separated, called out ones, consecrated to the service of intercession.
Yet it was not the contemplation of these scenes that cast the shadow upon Him in this hour of gladness.
In this hour you can obtain everything for yourself and for others for the asking (Diary 1572).
My sweet Love, in this hour You transubstantiated Yourself in bread and wine.
It is exactly in this hour that The Lord will show you His goodness and mercy.
You're in this hour of sorrow, I wish to assure you... that America has survived this terrible tribulation.
You have called me to this place, in this hour, far from my home and my loved ones but I know it is your will that leads me here.
But in this hour they are not here,
And so, in this hour, we open our hearts to this love, renewer of man and of all things.
Even as the apostle Peter raised Dorcas from the dead, so the apostles in this hour are being invested with the resurrection anointing upon the church, to decree new life, and unleash the revival.
Brethren, in this hour of faith that we are celebrating together, it is fitting that we should concentrate on the Eucharist, which is the very mystery of faith.
In this night and in this hour,
For in this hour a grace will be given, a grace of consecration.
If you lose focus in this hour, you may not have the time to regain your bearings!
And this day, and in this hour
We hold a light in this hour of darkness. It is just a reminder of the great light you hold within yourself. It is time to free this light within you. Future generations will be blessed by your ascent.
I will put nations in your heart and you will wrestle not with flesh and blood, for in this hour I will release a flood, a flood of intercession that will cover the earth like the water covers the sea.

Alternatives:

within this hour
during this hour
within the hour

at this hour

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is also used to refer to a specific time period within the current hour. It indicates that something is happening or will happen at the particular time being discussed.

Examples:

The shop closes at this hour.
The train is scheduled to arrive at this hour.
I usually take a break at this hour.

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Sorry to call at this hour.
There's one every day at this hour.
And we're still on the scene at this hour.
Guide me at this hour of need.
Don't normally find you here at this hour.
He can't have gone out at this hour.
And I don't give shaves, especially at this hour.
No one would visit here at this hour of night.
Sorry to get you down here at this hour.
I wonder who that could be at this hour.
Pardon me to bother you at this hour.
Only Starbucks employees and babies are up at this hour.
You know, they're probably still drunk at this hour.
You know, they're probably still drunk at this hour.
Getting back to Brooklyn at this hour, could be... horrible.
It is at its worst at this hour.
There are only nightclubs at this hour.
But watch your language and leave bombs alone, especially at this hour.
Not at this hour of the morning.
Sorvy to disturb you at this hour.

Alternatives:

at this time
at this moment
at this point in time

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