The phrase "at quitting" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts discussing the timing or act of quitting something, but it is not commonly used.
Example: "He was hesitant at quitting his job without another offer lined up."
Alternatives: "when quitting" or "upon quitting".
AT quitting time one recent Wednesday just before the afternoon commuter rush, the clip-clop of hooves came lazily up the West Side Highway.
Mr. Sciandra said other studies showed that lower-income smokers had less success at quitting.
Watson flew home to be with his pregnant wife, and initially hinted at quitting international cricket.
At quitting time, we'd line up behind a red tape on the factory floor.
At quitting time, the suits swarm the bar, palming Heinekens and Pinots, popping pork-belly sliders like pieces of popcorn, clogging up the footways with their laptop cases.
At quitting time, the workers removed their protective headphones, put their tools back in their holsters and cleaned up their work stations.
If you've failed at quitting before, try to identify what went wrong and do things differently this time, Dr. Brunswick suggests.
He looked over the group of lifeguards gathered last Sunday at quitting time in a building nestled into the dunes off Ocean Parkway.
He saw that some employees would remove their uniforms immediately at quitting time lest people identify them with a local phone company known for terrible customer service.
At quitting time, he'd go to the printer's to pick up the next day's racing form, commute home (wife, children, house — the full catastrophe), study the form, pick two or three horses, and call them in the next morning.
At quitting time there would be a mad dash to the parking lot — eyes out for muggers, or worse — then, quick, fire up the car and race home to the suburbs.
