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How to use lateness in a sentence

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The felicitations and good spirits lasted a while longer, until Mrs. Gardiner noted the lateness of the hour and suggested a return to the inn.
Because of the lateness, we didn't want to climb too far and encounter rattlesnakes.
The lateness of the hour precluded the finding of further volunteers for an identification parade.
The only problem in trying to photograph them was the lateness of the hour.
Despite the lateness of the hour Annabel gathered her skirts and prepared to take a solitary ramble in the garden.
Leave was refused on the first and third grounds with reasons to be given later in view of the lateness of the hour.
Her timid reminders concerning the flight of time and consequent fines for lateness at work fell on deaf ears.
She and Jane were then brought to their rooms in order to freshen up for dinner, which was a quiet affair given the lateness of the hour.
But they may be explainable for a more simple reason, other than the lateness of the hour.
The whole silly idea that I'd avoid lateness by tricking myself has just gotten too ridiculous.
Mr. Willoughby and I talked animatedly together, not noticing the lateness of the hour or our increasing drunkenness.
Throughout the day, Grant rode through his command rallying the force in spite of the lateness of reinforcements.
But he has issued an open letter to parents which takes the extraordinary step of condoning occasional lateness.
This hectic pace at which we all apparently live leaves little room for lateness.
The lateness of the season necessitated a hurried construction of a wintering post.
He was often late for school himself and attributed much of that lateness to his own household and childcare responsibilities.
He believes the more sensitive approach to lateness may have a long-term impact on attendance.
However, if there is no good reason for the lateness, you should start your disciplinary procedure.
With typical lateness, NoiseMonkey again arrived just in time to see a support act leave the stage.
The situation arose from the lateness of his instructions for which his clients must accept responsibility.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The infrequency of their appearance marks the lateness and backwardness of our spring.
She was evidently engaged, despite the lateness of the hour, in mixing bread.
Policemen watched me, but the lateness of the hour made no difference to me.
Here there was some grumbling at my lateness and wondering as to the cause of it.
The lateness of the hour did not incline Tom to hurry on his journey homeward.
Our friends, however, did not come to see the monde, and the lateness of the hour only enhanced the beauty of the grounds.
After deploring, in the proem of Sister Songs, the lateness of the season, it is suddenly upon him.
The lateness of the hour compelled her to take a circuitous route to London.
He at once arose to go, apologizing for the lateness of his visit.
Mrs. McVeigh counted the strokes and exclaimed at the lateness.
The westering sun surprised them with the lateness of the hour.
The lateness of the season intensified the deserted look of rural France.
For the first time I realised how the lateness of the hour might affect me.
As soon as they forced an entrance, they reclosed the door, to keep out the crowd, which collected very fast, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour.
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