LATE in a Sentence
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292 example sentences for LATE, such as:
1. When guns speak it is too late to argue.
2. It's getting late, we'd better mosey along.
3. A few late nights never did anyone any harm.
4. I'm afraid you're too late to apply for the job.
5. One afternoon late in October I saw Tom Buchanan.
2. It's getting late, we'd better mosey along.
3. A few late nights never did anyone any harm.
4. I'm afraid you're too late to apply for the job.
5. One afternoon late in October I saw Tom Buchanan.
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Meanings and Examples of LATE
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late
a. being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
ad. at an advanced age or stage
Classic Sentence: (188 in 13 pages)
1 It was late in autumn when I quitted the district where I had so long resided.
2 "We won't be late if we start now," she insisted aloud.
3 One afternoon late in October I saw Tom Buchanan.
4 But of late, since the night of his vigil, all her sympathies towards him had been both softened and invigorated.
5 Miss Morton, only daughter of the late Lord Morton, with thirty thousand pounds.
6 She might have had the politeness to send that message at first, but it's better late than never.
7 He never smoked so late, and it seemed to hint to me that he wanted comforting, for some reason or other.
8 We changed again, and yet again, and it was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on.
9 But it was then too late, and with a countenance meaning to be open, she sat down again and talked of the weather.
10 Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating.
11 One afternoon, late in the month of February, I came ashore at the wharf at dusk.
12 I think she got to be more timid, and more frightened-like, of late; and that a hard word was like a blow to her.
13 From the moment of my knowing of the death of my mother, the idea of her as she had been of late had vanished from me.
14 It's getting late, my dear,' said Mr. Peggotty, 'and here's Ham come fur to take you home.
15 As it was growing late, Peggotty and Mr. Dick took that opportunity of repairing to the chandler's shop together.
Example Sentence: (104 in 7 pages)
1 It is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has been stolen.
2 The avalanche struck the ski resort in the late afternoon.
3 She was late again and was dismissed from her job.
4 I daren't be late for work again or director will call me over the coals.
5 He came on board in the late Sixties and spent two decades with the agency.
6 After two late night sessions, the Security Council has failed to reach agreement.
7 It's getting late, we'd better mosey along.
8 It's late in the day to think of a change of plan when we've already ordered the materials.
9 A few late nights never did anyone any harm.
10 He procrastinated until it was too late to do anything.
11 By the time I saw the job advertised it was already too late to apply.
12 I'm afraid you're too late to apply for the job.
13 When guns speak it is too late to argue.
14 Some of the staff are apt to arrive late on Mondays.
15 We had expected to arrive an hour late, but in the event we were early.