The lateness of the mail made paying bills on time difficult. From LearnThat.org.
And lateness is very forgivable when there's a hubby-prepared elaborate meal involved. From Wordnik.com. [Double-Header Postgame Post! Now with great linking action!] Reference
Chronic lateness is often overlooked by Peruvians who consider it an endearing cultural trait. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-25] Reference
To make matters worse, she doesn't think that her lateness is a big deal. From Wordnik.com. [A Place For The God-Hungry] Reference
The lateness was the only thing that bothered me, but it didn't really bother me. From Wordnik.com. [Date Lab: A date with lip-to-cheek action] Reference
Sorry this post is late, but the reason for the lateness is the purpose for the post, so in a way, it all works out. From Wordnik.com. [writing the right book «] Reference
And lateness is contagious. From Wordnik.com. [Sick of This Text: 'Sorry I'm Late'] Reference
George R.R. Martin is tired of people complaining about the "lateness" of A Dance With Dragons. From Wordnik.com. [February 2009] Reference
The operators are under a generally kindergarten-like form of discipline, with offenses gradated from Step 1 to Step 6 for various infractions such as lateness, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Working for the Telephone Company] Reference
Mr. Monro takes to be marks of "lateness" and of advance when he finds them in the Odyssey!. From Wordnik.com. [Homer and His Age] Reference
As has been reported frequently, I was fired from the second series for "lateness" after I turned in the script for the ninth issue. From Wordnik.com. [The ADD Blog at Comic Book Galaxy] Reference
Shanahan said he fined more players for minor infractions such as lateness for meetings than he ever had during his 14 years in Denver. From Wordnik.com. [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference
For any turn that is made later than the earliest possible pre-turn, Pac-Man will be one frame behind where he would be for every pixel of "lateness" in the turn. From Wordnik.com. [FriendFeed - montemagno] Reference
(hence the "lateness" of my title), but still does his incredible vocal impersonations of just about every female star as well as his own fun dance music. From Wordnik.com. [boy culture] Reference
The lateness of the hour did not trouble them much. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
His lateness would not create the least shade of annoyance. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
There were practically no men "crimed" for lateness on parade. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918] Reference
The lateness of the season intensified the deserted look of rural. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
It was making me feel quite depressed, thinking of all this lateness. From Wordnik.com. [zola V mann] Reference
Looking at my watch I was surprised to perceive the lateness of the hour. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Policemen watched me, but the lateness of the hour made no difference to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The lateness of the hour alarmed me, and I fled down the stair in three jumps. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
Forgetting the lateness of the hour, she started in a mad whirl about the room. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves] Reference
In spite of the lateness in maturing the nut, the tree sheds its foliage early. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
His Syriac style is good, considering the lateness of the period at which he wrote. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Notwithstanding the lateness of the hour, Tecumseh with his attendant chiefs accompanied. From Wordnik.com. [Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada] Reference
Entering the room, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour, she found it filled with people. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest] Reference
Yet in spite of the lateness of the hour Anstice did not drive home at a particularly rapid pace. From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
I was just moving some of the sticks when something caused me to remember the lateness of the hour. From Wordnik.com. ['Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany] Reference
But for the lateness of the session the message would have been the subject of severe animadversion. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
The winter of 1647-8 was memorable for the amount of snow that fell, and the spring for its lateness. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
This may have been owing to the lateness of the season, or to the non-inflammatory condition of our blood. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
In view of the lateness of the hour, unless somebody objects, we will adjourn until tomorrow morning at 8: 30. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
The next moment he had shaken hands with her and was making some tranquil observation upon the lateness of his arrival. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Given the lateness of his endorsement, DeMint's ability to sway votes in either Delaware or New Hampshire is likely to be limited. From Wordnik.com. [Jim DeMint wades in N.H., Delaware primaries] Reference
Exhausted by the severe mental toil, and by the lateness of the hour, the Deputy sank back into his arm-chair and clasped his hands. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
The lateness and irregularity of the wisdom teeth are sometimes supposed to indicate their gradual disappearance through want of room in. From Wordnik.com. [Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin] Reference
Chalfin, casual in jeans and ankle hoots, grew tip in the age of peace and love, and her rules are gentle but firm: no lateness, no gum, no breaking confidences. From Wordnik.com. [Virgin Cool] Reference
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