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How to use lateness in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Lateness means the state of being late. Example: “His chronic lateness will cost him a promotion if not his job.”

Examples of lateness by meaning

nounThe state of being late.

  • His chronic lateness will cost him a promotion if not his job.
  • A 40 m.p.h. slack at West Ruislip, quickly followed by a 30 m.p.h. slack at Gerrards Cross, increased our lateness to four minutes at High Wycombe.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103

More sentences with lateness

  • Any submissions received after Friday will have marks deducted for lateness.From the entry submission
  • His lateness for the appointment incurred her disfavour.From the entry disfavour
  • He was put on notice about lateness.From the entry on notice
  • My mother was one of those people who believed in fashionable lateness.2011, Erynn Mangum, Sketchy Behavior, →ISBN. From the entry fashionable lateness
  • And I doubt if any jambite can get his legitimate space now because of lateness.2002, Chinedu Ogoke, Under fire: a novel, page 25. From the entry jambite
  • How'sit?” Jena greets without even a fauxpology for her lateness.2012, Julie Golden, Vagilantes, Abbott Press, →ISBN, page 190. From the entry fauxpology
  • They're called pyjama injunctions because, according to folklore, they're granted by High Court judges who, due to the lateness of the hour, are already in kipping gear.2000 July 3, Marcel Berlins, “Beware judges in pyjamas”, in The Guardian. From the entry pyjama injunction
  • Bond's neighbours on both sides of him bent forward and spoke solicitously about the heat and the lateness of the hour and the smoke and the lack of air.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Deadly Tube”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 90. From the entry solicitously

Meaning of lateness

  1. noun The state of being late.

Full definition of lateness

Questions about lateness in a sentence

How do you use lateness in a sentence?
Lateness is used as a noun. For example: “His chronic lateness will cost him a promotion if not his job.”
What is a short sentence with lateness?
“He was put on notice about lateness.”
What does lateness mean?
Lateness means the state of being late.

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