Example sentences for: belated

How can you use “belated” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • For this "once-bespectacled feminist who recently turned 51," gushes the Times , "her new role as cover girl is merely belated proof of her transformation--no snorting--into one of the most revered and glamorous First Ladies ever."

  • The Rajputs made a belated alliance and fought valiantly from one desert fortress to another, but their elephants could not match their opponents’ fast horses and Afghan cavalry firing superior crossbows at the gallop.

  • Another piece attributes the decline of Rupert Murdoch's media empire to his belated entry into new media and his alienation of the local partners on which his broadcasting deals depend.

  • The WP editorial on the budget manages not to feel Mr. Clinton's gain, saying of all the players: "They reached belated agreement on a single massive bill that takes the place of eight lesser bills they should have passed earlier.

  • Bunt, struck by a belated attachment to his native Hong Kong, falls in love with an employee named Mei-ping.


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