late bloomer

Does Martindale consider herself a late bloomer?

Now retired Morgan was a bit of a late bloomer with the most memorable spell of his career coming with Leicester City, where he won the Premier League title at the age of 32.

Not bad for a quintessential late bloomer — a guy who took a risky career pivot in his late 30s, running up his credit card debt as he traded a high-paying life in finance to dive into journalism during a time of major upheaval for the industry.

The United States, which had never played in the World Cup, is a late bloomer on the international cricket stage.

The appeal of the late bloomer movie is rooted in its parent genre: the coming-of-age story.