tardier; tardiest
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Examples of tardy in a Sentence
Adjective
She was tardy to work.
They were tardy in filing the application.
Recent Examples on the Web
Gail Cornwall, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
In its tardy response, the Air Force redacted all images of alternate logo designs that didn’t make the cut, according to the magazine.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
Still, this is less than half of the Golden State’s 0.8 percent tardy mortgages at year-end 2019 as well as better than elsewhere in the U.S.
Nationally, there was a 0.57 percent delinquency rate, up 0.14 percentage points in a year.
—Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
Collins’s tardy mea culpa is welcome, and so too was the testimony last month of Britain’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, during the country’s independent public inquiry into its Covid response.
—John Fund, National Review, 4 Jan. 2024
Cut to the workers about to do that processing, cramming themselves into small, tardy transit buses early in the morning, like so much human cargo; cut again to the July 2021 launch of the Blue Origin NS-16 rocket into sub-orbital space, with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos among its vanity crew members.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
Or the time Robbie wore the wrong jersey during a game, participated in a cow-milking contest and lost a pant leg from a pair of jeans for being tardy one day.
—Drew Davison -, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
The tardy and attendance policy was not enforced because of her disabilities, and staff failed to address her leaving class or provide any safety monitors for her during school hours or enroute to and from the bus stop, according to the lawsuit.
—Claudia Lauer, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
Liana LeBaron was absent six times and tardy seven times, more than any other member of the council, records show.
—Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
Adjective
For example, the class that watched the tardy slip interaction unfold saw adults model how to successfully manage frustration and de-escalate a situation.
—Gail Cornwall, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
In its tardy response, the Air Force redacted all images of alternate logo designs that didn’t make the cut, according to the magazine.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
Still, this is less than half of the Golden State’s 0.8 percent tardy mortgages at year-end 2019 as well as better than elsewhere in the U.S.
Nationally, there was a 0.57 percent delinquency rate, up 0.14 percentage points in a year.
—Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
Collins’s tardy mea culpa is welcome, and so too was the testimony last month of Britain’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, during the country’s independent public inquiry into its Covid response.
—John Fund, National Review, 4 Jan. 2024
Cut to the workers about to do that processing, cramming themselves into small, tardy transit buses early in the morning, like so much human cargo; cut again to the July 2021 launch of the Blue Origin NS-16 rocket into sub-orbital space, with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos among its vanity crew members.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
Or the time Robbie wore the wrong jersey during a game, participated in a cow-milking contest and lost a pant leg from a pair of jeans for being tardy one day.
—Drew Davison -, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
The tardy and attendance policy was not enforced because of her disabilities, and staff failed to address her leaving class or provide any safety monitors for her during school hours or enroute to and from the bus stop, according to the lawsuit.
—Claudia Lauer, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
Liana LeBaron was absent six times and tardy seven times, more than any other member of the council, records show.
—Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
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“Tardy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tardy. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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