tardily

Example Sentences

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Over the ensuing decades, Ellison’s words have become, thankfully, less and less true—in politics, the professions and, a bit more slowly and tardily, the art world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Carmen Herrera, by contrast, had been content with a flat canvas to work out her striking geometric configurations, and did so for decades in obscurity before fame tardily arrived when she was 89.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

The 1-10 favorite then broke tardily, but won anyway by four lengths against five overmatched opponents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2020

Runhappy was dazzling, too, in the Phoenix Stakes at Keeneland, where he broke tardily and trailed several fast rivals after a sixteenth of a mile.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2015

There was a long silence and I said tardily, “Yes, sir.”

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler