belatedness
Example Sentences
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But the cost of belatedness is real for her too: Every time we spoke, she was “muerta,” “despilada,” “exhausta,” run ragged by relentless institutional demands.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
But he was conscious, too, of his own belatedness.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2021
Rommel is all too aware of the belatedness of his efforts, and the fact that time is running out.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 31, 2017
The crowds reflect the belatedness of this museum, the long decades during it ought to have existed but did not.
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2016
My wretchedness was heightened by the effect of this lonely Amen, whose belatedness he accentuated by the fervent manner in which he breathed it out.
From A Marriage at Sea by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)
