lately

adverb late·ly \ ˈlāt-lē \

|Updated on: 11 Jun 2018

Examples: lately in a Sentence

Definition of lately

: of late : recently

has been friendlier lately

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Examples of lately in a Sentence

He has been feeling better lately.
Lately, she has been worrying about her son.

Recent Examples of lately from the Web

Lastly, more photos with the car — and foreign models have lately been more popular than stretch limos.

— cassie owens, Philly.com, "Not your parents' prom: Inside Philly's elaborate send-off culture," 8 June 2018
While several veteran quarterbacks—read: Ben Roethlisberger and Joe Flacco—have been in the news lately for their refusal to provide tutelage to the man who may one day replace them, Manning has taken the opposite approach.

— ben baskin, SI.com, "Davis Webb Will Be Ready When It’s Time to Step Out of Eli Manning’s Shadow," 6 June 2018
The Journal reports: Businesses have lately been increasing their investments in making workers more productive as President Trump has taken a machete to the corporate income tax rate and federal regulations.

— james freeman, WSJ, "Trump’s Unfinished Business," 6 June 2018
Staying fresh Infielder Ketel Marte was out of the Diamondbacks’ lineup on Wednesday afternoon, a difficult omission for Lovullo with the way Marte has been hitting lately.

— nick piecoro, azcentral, "Randall Delgado making strides in return to Diamondbacks' bullpen," 6 June 2018
Pay has been a hot topic for women athletes lately.

— refinery29.com, "The 100 Highest-Paid Athletes In The World Are All Men — Can You Believe?," 6 June 2018
There has been an uptick in policy aimed at reducing the use of plastic straws, lately.

— mckenna moore, Fortune, "Adrian Grenier and Aidan Gallagher Want You to Fight Plastic Pollution for World Environment Day," 5 June 2018
Hair isn't the only thing the budding beauty star has been experimenting with lately.

— zoë weiner, Teen Vogue, "P!nk's 7-Year-Old Daughter Willow Hart Dyed Her Hair Purple," 5 June 2018
The reason Melania Trump has been out of the public eye lately — and won't travel to Quebec City or Singapore — could be as simple as her recovery from the surgery and a desire to avoid blood clotting on post-surgery flights.

— jonathan allen /, NBC News, "Why Melania Trump's vanishing act matters," 4 June 2018

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