belated

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A belated recusal would be better than no recusal.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

Their grief and fury set in motion the countervailing force of justice that, no matter how belated, cannot be denied.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

For Liverpool fans, that will be music to their ears and a belated Christmas gift.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

An even more welcome addition to our already bulging shelves is the belated arrival of a largely complete studio discography of Britain’s greatest conductor, and certainly its most self-possessed: the musical grandee Sir Thomas Beecham.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

She spoke like an American, with the same expectations of fairness, even fairness belated and begrudged, that she took into medical school all those years ago.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates