Examples of lately in a Sentence
He has been feeling better lately.
Lately, she has been worrying about her son.
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The same tactic allowed Dodgers relievers, who’d been combustible lately, to close it out.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Inefficiency has been a constant problem for Kikuchi lately.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
The Club recognizes that Salesforce has been painful to own lately.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
For all Sacks’ efforts to remain an indefinable cult figure outside the mainstream, he has lately been caught in Hollywood’s tractor beam, with several film scripts in advanced stages of development.
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Inefficiency has been a constant problem for Kikuchi lately.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
The Club recognizes that Salesforce has been painful to own lately.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
For all Sacks’ efforts to remain an indefinable cult figure outside the mainstream, he has lately been caught in Hollywood’s tractor beam, with several film scripts in advanced stages of development.
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lately. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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lately
adverb
late·ly
ˈlāt-lē 
: not long ago
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