be late

Example Sentences

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Under Florida statutes it appeared to be late, so I expected it to be dismissed.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

Now, however quickly you are going and whatever gear you’re in, you’re likely to be late on the next upshift.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

It’s not scheduled until 10, but no one wants to be late.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2025

“I was afraid I would be late too,” he confides, glancing at his watch, “because I had to make a quick stop at Lady Gaga’s.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025

All our love and sorry to be late, but Brett was really done in and will be quite all right by Tues. and is practically so now.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway