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

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

This sense of belatedness is the theme of “The Talos Project,” a somber and captivating video game by the Croatian studio Croteam.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2016

This belatedness causes a jerky motion of the arm and imparts it to the hand.

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef