belatedness

Example Sentences

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Yet you come upon them with a feeling of belatedness — as if you somehow missed the revelry and are left to survey the morning’s detritus in solitude.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2023

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

Those assumptions were belied, obviously, by McCarthy’s success, the belatedness of his downfall, and the abuses of power that greater and lesser figures have managed to get away with since.

From Slate • May 3, 2018

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

Of late years they are growing conscious of their own belatedness, and that touches a tender spot.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace